According to this News & Observer Orange Chat blog, this Sunday’s Chapel Hill News will carry a story about the oppressively high tax burden in Chapel Hill and Orange County as a whole. Good. No doubt local officials will try to justify the steady stream of tax hikes with the “quality of life” argument they consistently use. Certainly, all of us want to live in a safe, clean, friendly community with schools that perform well. The question, however, is priorities and living within a budget.