“After nine legislative sessions full of name-calling, our school funding is in crisis, property taxes are up and judges are having to do our governor's job. We all know that unless we set politics aside we'll never fix what's broke.”
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
“The destruction of that area has devastated both our property tax and sales tax,”
Richard Bennett
“Anything that provides school property tax relief is welcome.”
Sen Dean Skelos
“When the taxpayers are burdened, you hear about the property tax rate and not the programs the schools are providing.”
Frank Belluscio
“It seems the only avenues being looked at are raising the sales tax or having a property tax. I again suggest emphasis be placed on development of revenue producing growth.”
Larry Schmit
“The intent certainly is that people whose taxes are frozen would see the same level of property tax deductions.”
Kathy Walt
“This will be the largest property tax reduction in Pennsylvania history. If there is appetite to reduce property taxes more, we can cross that bridge down the road. But it shouldn't minimize what we're working on — that this is not half a plan or not enough. This is going to be significant property tax relief.”
Kate Philips
