However, we know that fees will eventually become a reality once the details are worked out The fees, at first glance, would seem to be a fair way to help pay for growth-related costs. However, all signs indicate that the current fee would be only the beginning. Soon, new homeowners would be paying fees for schools and other services. Furthermore, the fee environment often allows local government to begin to impose restrictions and standard that begin to increase the cost of new and existing housing. Younger people begin to be frozen out of the housing market.
Businesses pay substantially more when a new plant or warehouse is built or remodeled.
Worst of all, the county begins to get a reputation as an environment hostile to business. But let the fee mentality run amuck and we will have ourselves a little California. When a tax revolt took place in that state, government resorted to fees. The result, coupled with overzealous regulators, is a curious blend of suburban sprawl, bad public schools and too many good jobs leaving the state. Missing the mark Our small paper has devoted a fair amount of ink to education.