Rhode Island Gets Honorable Taxation

For most Americans a home is their greatest asset and is so much more than walls and floors.

When we buy a home we buy what we can afford, we become part of a community, we pay our fair share for community services, and we should be allowed to stay until we decide to leave.

Instead, after revaluation it is common for some owners' taxes to rise so high they are forced to leave. And the tragedy is that most of their tax increase is used to offset the reductions thousands of other owners receive. It is grossly unfair and it is unnecessary.

We accept this unjust result because we are used to the idea that taxing market values is the fairest and best way for everyone to pay for services. IT IS NOT.

Under the R.I.G.H.T. plan all existing owners will share in the tax increase by getting the same percentage increase, much as we do in every non-revaluation year. New owners would pay their initial tax bills exactly as currently and, going forward, will enjoy the same fair treatment as all existing owners.

Tax bills would never increase more than the cap on the tax levy. If it's fair to limit the growth in the tax levy isn't is fair to limit the growth in our tax bills as well?

We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the proposals offered by R.I.G.H.T. be used as a model to stimulate legislative discussion, debate and ultimately to restore fairness in property tax procedures.

Kimberly Aguiar
Carmen Baker
Jim Baker
Korinne Barnes
Diane Barzaghi
Robert A. Benson, Jr
Richard Bee
Judith Bitting
Alice Blair
William F Bonneau
Allan Brockman
Kathleen S. Brown
Andrie Butler
David Butler
Kathy Carniaux
Bob Carniaux
Steve Cevoli
Kathy Cevoli
Lance W. Chappell
Howard Cohen
William Connelly
Heath Cooper
David Darlington
Debra Davis
Hilarie Davis
Laura Davis
Joseph T. DeAlteris
Sandra A. DeAlteris
L&F DeBoer
Bradley Dracott
Arlene Fall
Victor P. Fasolino
Elizabeth Finneran
Tom Fitzgerald
Eugene Fry
David Gagnier
Darlene Godin
Donna Tocco-Greenaway
William J. Greenaway
Michael Griffin
Vida-Wynne Griffin
Scott J. Grzych
G.M. Hadley
Nancy Harrington
Dale Harrington
Katherine Harrop
Robert Hutchison
Ann Jones
Joanne Lamora
Bruce Larson
Carol Larson
George W. Lavoie
Michele Leavitt
John Leventhal
Rep. John Loughlin II
Mark Lucas
Kiersten Marek
Linc Materna
Nicolette Mathews
John Maxwell
Gerald Maxwell
Mary Maxwell
Stephen McKendall
Kelly McGovern
Shawn McGowan
Anthony Micheletti
Virginia Micheletti
Dee Michelson
Sanford Miller
Barbara Montecalvo
Thomas Mowry
Bill Mudge
Pam Neal
Carl Neal
Edwin Nicholson
Gregg O'Neill
Charles Ostiguy
Yvonne Parker
Anne Pascucci
John Pascucci
Raymond Rivet
Raymond Schleicher
Ronda Schuster
Suren Semonian
Edward Servello
Tom Sgouros
Erin Sharaf
Barry Sharaf
Bill Sharp
Tamara Sharp
Shirley Sheehan
John Sivo Jr.
Marjorie A.Sivo
Anthony M.Sivo
Derek A.Sivo
Mike Smith
Paul Smith
Amy N. Sonder
Hilda M. Souza
Richard A. Souza
Eileen Spillane
Wendy C. Sturn
David Sullivan
John Sweeney
Lisa Tener
Nicholas Tiernan
Ellen Waxman
Judy Waxman
Harvey Waxman
Holly R. Wiesendanger
Bernhard Weiss
Charles Weiss
Maria Weiss
Robert Wilson

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