Politics & Government

Take Our Poll: Easton's NID

The fate of the controversial proposal will be decided in a few weeks.

The next few weeks will decide the future of the for downtown Easton.

The NID would impose a 5-mill fee on commercial property owners -- 1 mill for residential owners -- to help pay for programs like the Easton Ambassadors and the Easton Main Street Initiative.

Property owners who live -- or simply just own buildings -- in the section of the city that would encompass the NID have until Dec. 12 to file objections to the plan. 

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According to the Express-Times, the city clerk's office had gotten 171 objections as of Wednesday. Under the law, the NID will fail if the owners of 40 percent of properties in the district object to it. So far, about 35 percent have objected.

So what do you think? Take our poll, and tell us in the comments section why you think a Neighborhood Improvement District is the right idea for Easton, or why the city needs to try something else to fund its programs.

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