Well, Mr. Neely, I'm a member of a "tea party" much closer to home than Arlington. After reading what you had to say in the paper I have to wonder if you really understand what we voted for last week.
Is the Arlington Tea Party against letting the taxpayers decide if they want to raise their own taxes to pay for improvements to the city? Because that's what we voted to do last week - let the people of Joshua decide.
Do you understand that if only one of the three propositions passes that taxes will not go up? Maybe after reading the rest of this week's paper you'll recall that Joshua may in fact receive $1 million from the federal government for further drainage work in the federal government controlled waterway you refer to (commonly known as Village Creek on the Mountain Valley Country Club golf course). Do you remember that we actually have about $7 million in drainage projects, but are only asking the taxpayers if they would like to take on about $2.5 million right now? Do you remember that the drainage projects in the bond proposition are not any of the federal government controlled waterways, but in fact city of Joshua easements and roadways?
Maybe we'll get even more federal funds for future work as you would like. After all, federal money just magically appears and never comes from raising taxes.
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