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Marcia & Tim <caven@mint.net> wrote:

>Tom Ruta wrote:
...
>No, it makes sense to me. You could pay taxes until the cows come home,
>but never have to live with the results of the vote, but the full time
>residents would. Don't forget that other things are voted on all the
>time- not just this one issue.
>

I can accept that full-time residents should have a greater
say (at least in principle).  But how do you reconcile the
fact that BC residents from say, Vancouver, can vote on
property issues in another part of the province while
Alberta residents can't?

>I wish we could disenfranchise the absentee landlords and carpetbaggers
>here in Maine.

What about "snow birds" (those rich folks who winter in
Phoenix although are BC "residents"?

Tom