Maybe Township finances not as good as reported

It was with great concern that I read the article in your paper reporting on the serious problem King Township presently faces raising the necessary funds to complete the road reconstruction that will be required as a result of the sanitary sewer projects.

Seeing that the options so far include either a 31 pr cent increase in property taxes for the entire township or the issuing of debentures so we can spread it out over a few years leaves me with plenty of questions.

This represents $3.2 million. Big dollars for a small municipality.

During the election campaign last fall, Mayor Black repeatedly proclaimed that the Township was in excellent financial shape. I reasonably assume that she also knew about the sewer projects at that time. How is it then only a few short months after the election we find ourselves in this predicament where one of the options being discussed is an increase in property taxes of 31 per cent?

What capacity (legally, fiscally, and logically) does our Township have to take on such a financial burden?

Something smells. Perhaps it is somehow related to the sewers?

Ross Hamilton,

Nobleton