Comments on: Maine Town Taxes Self to Death

By: small dead animals

small dead animals — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 03:20:01 +0000

So Long, Centerville
Looking for a solution to high local property taxes? Ungovernment your town. Going out of business appeals to small places like Cooper, where only 145 people live. With no jobs and an aging population, the tax base is shrinking even...

By: Bithead

Bithead — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:55:31 +0000

I've been to the State several times, and can vouch for the large areas of more or less unclaimed land. You know how you'll see roadsigns announcing counties. There are stretches of I-95 north of Brunswick or so, where the counties aren't counties, but section numbers.

Nasty place to break down, even in summer.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 03:37:52 +0000

Gack! That lead is worse than useless. "Mention maine and most people think of autumn leaves."?!?! I think of lobsters, myself. Hockey maybe, and butt-freezing cold winters. I don't think of leaves at all! Where are the numbers on this "most" categorization. Has the writer done a survey?!? To the topic at hand, there are several towns in rural texas that have dried up and blown away as the populace aged and moved away. There are also huge unincorporated areas that don't *want* to be towns. I edited a paper in an area with over 7,000 residents who didn't have a town. And why the focus on Maine? You can't find stories like this anywhere in America?