Letter to the editor: March to end property tax
At 8 a.m. Feb. 3, the Pennsylvania Taxpayers Cyber Coalition (PTCC), consisting of Pennsylvania residents, will hold a march at the steps of the capitol in Harrisburg to urge legislators to begin the process of reforming the archaic unfair method of funding schools. A number of legislators supporting school tax reform will speak.
The current tax continues to cause the loss of homes to sheriff’s sale, especially for seniors and other fixed-income property owners who are unable to pay the tax: Many people who have lived in their homes, which are paid for, for years have to pay large sums of money, sometimes in the thousands.
The drive to Harrisburg takes just a few hours. The number of property owners planning to attend the march is well over 400. Please consider making the drive and bringing friends and family to show support for reforming the method of funding schools and for the elimination of the school tax.
For updates on the march, visit PTCC on Facebook or ptcc.us. There you can read House/Senate Bill 76, the Property Tax Independence Act, which details the preferred method of funding the school system while eliminating the school tax on property owners. Local TV and radio stations are urged to send attendees to the march also.
This march is unprecedented and is the culmination of years of hard work, planning and dedication by many people, including legislators, in order to achieve the attention required to move forward with the initiation of change in Harrisburg.
John Lambert
West Deer
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