Originally Posted by
pudge
If you have the means to pay skyrocketing property and school taxes, own a beautiful new home in a quieter subdivision (especially on a cul-de-sac which eliminates traffic coming through your subdivision street because there are not enough major roads in the town) and don't live in a filled in wetland with flooding and drainage issues life is great.
On the other hand, other life-long residents in the Town of Lancaster, or the two Villages within the town, may not be as fortunate and have watched the town of Lancaster grow into something other than they had been bred in.
They have watched their roads become overburdened; their property assessments (most likely on more modest homes than what's being built today) rise significantly, resulting in property and school taxes; experienced low water pressure issues that also impacts fire safety; experience more flooding and drainage issues from waters being pushed by new developments to the east and have watched greenspace and wetlands disappear for developer profit and town tax revenues.
Under the Giza administration, the goal is to build out the town. There is nothing wrong with that as long as the growth is accompanied with the necessary associated road, infrastructure and school improvementsl
Sewer and water system shortfalls are now being addressed. They should have been acted upon 4 years ago when the public pointed out low water pressure issues at that time. It would have happened at near half the cost as now. However, the public was told by Mr. Giza that there were no water pressure issues in the town at that time.
Pudge