Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-15
A Disgusted Tax.Parer

EDITOR CITIZEN: Since the appear
 anse Of the present acting mayor upon
 the stage of the Common Council. the
 performances held nightly have assumed
 an amusing charaeter; what with | the blckctlngs, aiscrimiuatiang and
 senseless resolutions presented and
 adopted. there is but little show .t | present that the affairs of the com.
 munlty and the welfare of the citizens
 will b. properly attended tc. In fact
 the whole object and efforts of a few
 seems 10 be to iniure the credit of the
 city and give it an odious name at home
 and abroad.
 Satu day night, the cu.mipating point
 was reached, when the Acting Mayor
 deliberately stood up and produced and
 read resolution, proposing that { P the
 want oi means to pay all of toe police
 and enployes of the city that they be
 discharged, II fact that the mun.cirsl government be abrogated at the bshest ot one or two members of tLe Council.
 Al the time he made this proposition to the Council We will charitabiy believe ne could not nave considered the result winch would have followed if this matter had been adopted.
 In less then q month after. The new. would have been spread abroad. tbis clty would have been the rrfure and harbor of all the rufiians and cut-throats oI the southwest. And then what Would life and property have any security here? Would men with their families come here and settle: Would any sensible person have invested here2 And you cltlzans Of Tucson, would YOU. your wives aud families be safe ID thelr homes or m the streets?
 And all this would surely come if there | was no municipal government be coolly | advocated. because there is no money in l the city treus ury Co pay. aud upon the 1 ground that taxation k too high aud | must be reduced. Who IS the man who | grumbles most about high taxes? or ! course 1t Is the one who has the most Co | pay, and therefore has the most money. |
 Let Us compare our taxes with those | m other places; true in other places | taxes are considered high when they exceed , per cent, but in those same | places moaey can be procured at the rate of from 1 tO per cent. per aunum and eight times out of ten the borrowers have to pay the taxes. so viewing this fax ms.ter ID its proper light, the taxes are not out of proportion with interest
 From the report of the Finance Com mlttee of the Council it appears that no person who has 1t Is wiling to loan money to the city for current expenses as the law now stands.
 This ls but lame excuse Us any per son who has read the law bearing on the subject must confess. Ihe law Art. Y, Sec. l. Of the charter says, the Council should uot ncur, allow or permit to acrue any indebtedness exceeding the actual revenue available means In the treasury; does thi= say tIat they cannot proclfea reGsCnabi- amount of money for current cxp1asr- of the city, uuhl such tune as the reveHue fnT the current year can be collected. jn domg this would they violate the law:
 Admitting there was no law on thls subject, is 1t possible that in thIs metro .aIl- and commercial centre of the there are not sUiEcleIt men oi means. iu.l ui pride and enterprise, and sltl Suhcieut faith in tEclr city govern neat WAC unuld be wiling Co come onward au { loan sufficient money gt -fa-orub-e interest for tue carryiug on lf the suv rHmeLt until the revenue Is collected. [. there are uot. then dis- .l.i-e yrur officers. abrugate y1ur uG-.eii.ai EOverumeat and let Tucson ..,-- acE mo tue ut0pan shade of -......l-m from which # bad but a few 'snrs ago emerged. JUSIUs.