Its about time we send all these massive entities their bills. Worcester has some of the highest property taxes in mass. Why? Colleges dont pay their share, and suck up huge amounts of property within the city, for starters. You know, the colleges that already get a massive subsidy based on the fact that you can't lose student dept like you can other bad dept through bankruptcy. The same colleges downplaying the costs based on subsidized gov't loans. The same colleges that charge kids 200k for a useless degree in the 17 gender identities but claims it should get a tax break because of the great service they provide teaching the thinkers of society. The same colleges (and public school systems) ignoring major businesses' cry for tech skills, critical thinking (outside of how offensive my shoe laces are), math and science. These businesses are turning to "uneducated" folks that have been in the real world and worrying about the paper later as the drivle coming out of universities are so clueless (with high success).
This same story plays over and over again. Large (too large imo, ymmv) corporate entities brandy their size and theoretical jobs to get sweetheart deals and avoid taxation. The public foots the bill, and the pols get to brag. Then when theres a school funding squeeze everyone loses their mind. Or road repairs wait and damage the highly taxed vehicles driven on roads supposedly paid for through taxes to be maintained (how often you see town/cities ponying up for ball joints? ). Meanwhile, if you tax the corporation that wants to be here in the first place, then maybe you can fund all the things needed adequately, and put some coin aside for the youth outreach we are going to desperately need due to the enabling of junkies dragging their kids around while they get their "medicine." You drink and drive with a kid and dcf will have something to say. Why is it ok to go get dosed at the clinic (they have free babysitting!), then grab your kid and drive off?