“Mayoral Battle” news story reporting on Vice Mayor Justin Wilson’s announcement about running for mayor never uses the phrase “tax increase” or “tax hike,” but includes six euphemisms for one, drawn mainly from Vice mayor Wilson’s announcement:
“... what kind of future the city is working towards”
“additional leadership required”
“Mayoral leadership … to make big decisions”
“driving progressive change”
“lack of sustainable revenue growth”
“investment into city infrastructure”
As the District of Columbia’s experience exhibits, high taxes do not guarantee good services. We spend about the same per student as Arlington where schools are all accredited fully, while only two-thirds of ours are. We are better off with low taxes for merely adequate services.
Dino Drudi
Alexandria