Here’s a very favorable letter to the editor from a former Dublin resident now living in Utah. Judson moved to Utah from Dublin for various reasons, including “better employment and lower taxes.” He wrote the letter in response to an article about the Utah legislator’s plans to “privatize” city services. Here’s what he said about Dublin:
Sure, Ohio had higher income and property taxes, and Dublin even had a 2 percent local income tax. But the city provided world-class services, all of which competed with, and were far superior to, any “private” business venture. These included thousands of acres of park space, hundreds of miles of pedestrian trails, a classy recreation center, and more karate, dance and swim classes than digits in Utah developer Al Mansell’s bank account. Oh, and the best school system in the Midwest. Teachers never complained about being paid too little, and parents never worried about large class sizes.
