From your previous NFH articles, I had the impression the two primary reasons for Falcon incorporation at this time were (1) to preempt Colorado Springs from annexing Falcon and (2) for Falcon residents to more fully determine future growth in the Falcon area.(1) The March issue of the NFH indicated clearly that Colorado Springs has no interest in annexing Falcon now or at any future time.(2) The March issue also indicated that 48,000 lots are already approved for the Falcon area. I believe less than 5,000 homes currently exist in the Falcon area. It seems over 40,000 new homes are already approved by the El Paso County Commissioners. Therefore, significant future growth has already been approved. Is incorporation a plan to close the barn door after the horses have run away?The estimated incorporation cost of $2 million spread across 5,000 homes is $400 each per year. That is a significant increase in everyone’s taxes. The city of Centennial in the Denver area recently incorporated and then quickly had financial problems, which necessitated raising their taxes even higher than the original estimates.Perhaps the people advocating raising our taxes to incorporate Falcon would be willing to write an article for the NFH that would state the “real” reasons they want to incorporate Falcon. Reasons (1) and (2) above do not seem legitimate.I do not believe the Falcon incorporation advocates have sufficiently justified their incorporation plans. They have not explained the benefits each of us homeowner’s would receive from the projected tax increase and, based on Centennial’s experience, the risk of even higher taxes. I challenge the incorporation advocates, in a future NFH article, to convince me with solid arguments as to why I would want to vote to have my taxes increased.Ron DammanWoodmen Hills
