My property taxes go up, up, up every year.On a limited income it is making paying my regular bills,food and gas. Entertaining myself by going to a play, a movie or out to eat has become impossible.

Due to my property taxes going higher and higher each year, I’ve had to search for and change to cheaper and cheaper home insurance to minimize the impact on my budget. And while I appreciate my home increasing in value, it seems to get more valuable every year despite having made no major improvements whatsoever. This makes the taxes rise as well. Meanwhile, our governor and others in charge of our taxes are giving it away to fraudsters. This is so angering.

As a retired realtor, I met with many senior citizens who were no longer able to stay in their homes because of sky high property taxes. One example is someone I know whose property taxes were $964 a year when the house was purchased, now they are $4,064. For someone living on social security, $338.66 a month in property taxes is not sustainable. Something must be done about property taxes, and, may I add, taxing social security income.