There is a big difference between paying $24K in taxes on a valued $400K property and paying $200. You show me any city that can provide the basic infrastructure and police protection with that tax revenue.

We are looking for solutions here. Yes, you can talk about how poorly goverments spend tax dollers and how unfair taxation can be, but IMO, there is no way AC can provide me with the living conditions I and the other residence deserve and must have to make AC the place we all want it to be with the current real estate tax structure.

My opinion is AC needs to stop relying on GOB to solve so many of its problems and find new revenues of its own that the local politicians can keep and use for the problems of AC and be held responsible by the people of AC to do so.

I am willing to pay more in tax and take a chance on the local goverment as opposed to depending on GOB and have AC turn into another Belize City.

PS: yes you can relate running a municipality to running a business. But, for a business to be successful, the first thing it needs, and must have, is proper capitalization. I admit I have not seen the budget or income the Town Council has, and that should be the first step in analizing the situation. But, I will be surprised if and hopefully when, someone with some sense looks at that, that AC can provide the solutions to crime and provide the needed infrastucture to keep pace with development with me paying a few hundred dollars tax on my condo. I will complain like HELL when I am paying too much for what I get, but I will not be in the group that bitches and moans about the problems but is not willing to pay to solve them.