Petersburg Pilot -

Keep senior sales tax

exemption

To the Editor:

The wonderful thing about our community tradition of extending a senior tax exemption is that any senior who does

not want to use it can choose not to.

I will be voting against the Tax Rebate for Qualified Senior Citizens on October 2nd, an ordinance to repeal the senior tax exemption.

Using a tax exemption should not be equated with not having pride, not doing your share and not carrying your own weight. Imagine facilities like our Clinic, the Hospital, Long Term Care and The Manor without our senior or elder community to serve? Seniors disp...