senior citizens

From the July 28 Patriot Ledger:

Holbrook... Searching for ways to ease the tax burden on aging residents, the town has inaugurated a new program allowing them to work for the town in return for credit against their real estate taxes... The pay will be the state minimum wage – $8 an hour, and, at least in this first year, there will be a $500 cap for each participant. There is also only one $500 credit per household. Studies have also shown the program also helps towns because when elderly residents sell and move, their homes are often purchased by a families who add children to the schools.

Well at least Holbrooks most famous homeboy, former State Rep. and former Chief of Staff to President George Bush, seen here with local senior citizens, should have enough in his savings acount so he won't have to work at the local library (still open) for $8 bucks an hour to get a $500 credit on his property tax.