Newspaper: School districts, taxpayers squeezed by economy, tax hikes

Excellent story in the York Daily Record about the continuing problem of school property taxes in Pennsylvania now exacerbated by the recession.

From an article by reporter Nichole Dobo:

Each school district has its own reasons for rising expenses -- building projects, increasing enrollment or salary increases, for example. But all districts in the county have been impacted in some way by the same economic issues facing residents: lower wages, declining interest rates and decreased home sales and values.

Some taxpayers, who are also shouldering a tough economy, say the tax hikes are hard to take during a time when salaries and home values have flat-lined or declined while prices for necessities -- such as gas and food -- have increased rapidly.

Read the full story at the newspaper's Web site.