A price tag on our veterans?
To the Editor:
While I was aware of the veteran’s exemption on school taxes and the Lynbrook Board of Education’s decision denying this exemption, I was greatly saddened when I read the article in last week’s Herald about this issue (“Vets get a break in East Rockaway”).
The more I read, the more upset I became. The school board said that more non-veteran homeowners would pay approximately $37 more per year in school taxes. I became more perplexed and angry as I thought about that number over and over again. Does this mean that the Lynbrook school board thinks that our veterans, some of whom are now disabled, are not worth $37 a year? Isn’t that figure less than what the average family spends at a McDonald’s or at the movies in one shot? Can any amount of money ever be put on what our veterans have done for us and our country?
Shorting our veterans
To the Editor:
Regarding the veteran’s school tax exemption denied in Lynbrook, but approved in East Rockaway: I am a Lynbrook resident, and I am ashamed of my village — no, I’m disgusted. Why are we always shorting those who offer their lives in exchange for our freedoms?
Thank you, East Rockaway, for doing the right thing.
Alice M. Johnson
Lynbrook