Before buying my house in Milton I researched property tax rates and was delighted to learn that Milton’s property taxes were comparatively lower. However, that was before I learned how expensive water was here. Now I feel cheated.

Water here is damn expensive. And you know what else? What stings more is that they just went up 6.7%. That’s right, more than three times the rate of inflation.

The people we elected shouldn’t be doing media releases trying to save me $14 / year of property tax increase. They shouldn’t be spending $millions on the new town hall. They shouldn’t be giving themselves a salary boost. What they should be doing is working to reduce our water cost.

Seriously, I have three kids. I’ve put low-flow faucets and showerheads, I am not watering the grass, heck I have even significantly shortened my showers. But there’s only that much we can do. Ultimately we have to use water!