Taxes going up

For the last several years we have warned the residents of Forks Township that their township taxes would be increasing. After all, the real estate market is cyclical, wherever you live, and eventually the market has downturns. Besides, even Forks Township would someday run out of space to develop. Aside from these basic principles though, irresponsible spending only worsens our problems.

You can not erect a Taj Mahal like municipal building without financial consequences. You can't spend $6,000 on simple tables that can be purchased for 60% less without there being fiscal ramifications. You can not pay outside contractors (i.e. solicitor, engineer, etc.) hourly uncontrolled rates versus salaried employees without someday paying the piper. You can not amass huge debt without it coming back to haunt you at some point. Sadly, this is only a partial list of what has occurred in Forks Township over the last 12 years.

The plain and simple truth is that budgets were predicated on new housing revenues. We said this years ago and most of the elected officials denied it, until now.

The chickens are coming home to roost, and sadly, this is going to get much, much worse.