That appears to be the sentiment of Parks Helms, former state senator and current chairman of the Mecklenburg County commission, who said yesterday that the proposed property-tax increase in the state?s most-populous county may well be too low:
?If you are already at an 8.2-cent tax increase, once you get to that point, if you need another ($10 million or $12 million) or $15 million to really do what you ought to do, then do it,? Helms said. ?People are not going to be any more (upset).?
The point is that it would be nearly impossible to give folks like Helms enough of other people?s money to satisfy the appetite for bigger government.
