Re:Ketchum, Idaho, Has Plenty of Available Jobs, but Workers...
by smsm42 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @05:58PM
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Given how many houses there are and how expensive they are, I'd think there's quite a chunk of change coming in - property taxes, sales taxes, permits, etc. - so I think financially it should be enough, but I haven't seen this really being addressed. And building new roads when the existing ones are already choking up would be really tough, they need to do it now before all those new houses are fully occupied. Doesn't look like they realize it, at least from my vantage point (I of course have no inside info, maybe they're working on it day and night...)
Particularly in governments run by politicians who agree with and were elected by folks that don't trust governments. Which means [that] government can't be trusted to maintain or upgrade infrastructure because that requires government to collect and spend tax dollars.
>my hope is all taxes from all those housing would be used by the government to upgrade the infrastructure and do something smart with it
"all taxes from all those houses" is likely not going to be enough to properly upgrade, let alone maintain, the infrastructure. I'm interested to see what those parts of Idaho look like in 5 to 15 years from now.