The consequences of Falmouth’s 2013 Comprehensive Plan and reckless 2016 rezoning are about to hit residents right where it hurts: their checkbooks. The 2020 proposed school budget is up $2 million, primarily due to increased enrollment. It’s no coincidence that 2016-2018 was the fastest three-year period of residential growth in 12 years, or that 2018 had more such growth than any other year this past decade.

The increased tax liability produced by this unprecedented growth, no matter where it occurs in town, affects every resident, young and old.

So much for creating an “aging-in-place” environment councilors tout as a cornerstone of the Comprehensive Plan and rezoning. Many retired, fixed income residents simply won’t be able to afford the higher taxes these so-called “well-thought-out plans” demand.

Young families with school-age children will pay more for the already pricey “free” primary education that is increasingly compromised by swelling classroom sizes, overstretched teachers, principals and other administrators.

Insist the council repeal the reckless 2016 rezoning and the 2013 Comprehensive Plan.

Valentine Sheldon
Falmouth


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