These people should keep their hands off the county real property tax.  I don't care if it's designated as a surcharge because it still appears that county real property taxes are going up.  The same is true for the Rail surcharge which people believe is a part of the State excise tax. I don't really care about the hotel surcharge, but it involves the same confusion.  They need to stop these games of pretend.  No more surcharges and no more reserving part of the property tax for specific programs or agencies scubas the zoo.  Everybody wants their own surcharge or sets aside for their program/pet project.