Impact Fees - There May Be Something That Salisbury Does Better

Wicomico County is hardly famous as a hotbed of government efficiency and innovation.  Fortunately, county officials have Salisbury to kick around; a city of high taxes, higher crime, and the inability to balance its own checkbook without outside help.

There are two things that Salisbury's administration does do better than Wicomico County's:

• Salisbury has a zero-based homestead tax credit to protect homeowners from rising assessments.  County assessments are allowed to rise as much as 10% per year.  To even claim that Wicomico County even has a homestead tax credit borders on the ridiculous.

• The Salisbury City Council provides citizens with the opportunity to download and review the briefing books of each council meeting.  This may not seem like much, but to those concerned with local government, this is a big deal.  Wicomico County doesn't provide this information to citizens online.

Salisbury is now thinking about adopting a measure that would mean that there would be three (3) things that the Salisbury administration does better than its county counterpart - a comprehensive schedule of impact fees.  We can only say that it's about time!   Read More ...