Adirondack Explorer's Editorial Taxpayers split over school. It's practically a ghost town by winter, but when the lakes thaw and the snowcaps melt, the seasonal residents will return, as they do every spring, doubling the population of Lake Pleasant. You know, those people from downstate, New Jersey and Connecticut. Tension between the seasonal and year-round residents in this resort town is as perennial as blackflies in June.
Outsiders grumble about high taxes on their lakefront properties.
The locals gripe about summer traffic and the long lines at King of the Frosties. Many seasonal residents feel they were taken for a ride. They contend that the school district could save money by merging with a neighboring district. It's going to be hard for some people to make it. It's not real easy to see your taxes go up like that.