Any chance of reformatting that table so it's legible all the way across?

Has anchor rising had a chart where they show the education aid divided by the number of students in the town? That's always a fun one to ask the General Assembly about why students in some towns are worth more than students in other towns. Shouldn't all towns' students be treated equally?

I'll be waiting to see how this gets spun for "tax effort" in an attempt to get even more money for Providence.

A true reflection of tax cost per resident would include water and sewer district costs. Plus, don't forget, for rural and some suburban residents, me, for instance, there are also costs associated with garbage pickup, ISDS and wells. If you are going to be "fair" you need to put a realistic "tax" allowance in there even though those costs are paid to private concerns.

In Florida, I get tax bills from more damn quangos - I guess reducing property tax by splitting services out and under various taxing entities looks more palatable. Add'em all up and add in the zero FL income tax and it is still a bargain with respect to RI.

Data. Data. Beautiful, lovely data. Ah hah! Ah hah!

"In Florida, I get tax bills from more damn quangos"

Wow. That sounds like a constitutional challenge waiting to happen.

"In Florida, I get tax bills from more damn quangos"

... although, on second thought, does that mean that some services have been privatized? With a corresponding reduction in the cost to deliver those services? H'mm ...

Monique

The entities don't appear - to me at least - to differ from the Narragansett Bay Commission. I'm not a certifiable Political Scientist so there may be some difference not evident to the mere mortal. In past years, I haven't been there long enough each year to get into whether these entities are more efficient. And nothing stands still - incremental costs due to demands of a greater population are probably higher than baseline costs.