To the Editor:
Ship Bottom Borough Council has put an open space tax referendum on November’s ballot that, if approved, would increase Ship Bottom’s property tax 1 cent per hundred dollars of assessed value. The tax itself is not yet overly burdensome – the average tax bill will increase $67 – but then this will increase with every revaluation.
Case in point, the county open space tax levy, which Ship Bottom property owners already pay, has increased 21% since 2017.
October 25, 2023
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