County commissioners, township supervisors, and school directors should say a little prayer of thanks every night for water authority land in Carbon County. Land owned by the Bethlehem Water Authority will not raise your property tax. The Authority has no roads that need tar and chips, no garbage to pick up, no people complaining after a snowstorm that their roads weren’t plowed, no students to increase school taxes, no need for municipal police patrols.

The expenses generated by developments in our county are astounding compared to those of water authorities and parks. We are so lucky to have that land closed to development.

Roy Christman

Towamensing Township