'Uniform taxation is no longer possible'

RIVERTON -- A little more than a year ago, the residents of Atlantic City invited their local legislators to a community meeting. Property taxes were getting out of control, they said – and it didn't seem fair that someone on a fixed income, who'd lived in the same house for decades, may have to pay more than they could afford because someone making California or New York wages had moved in next door.

"This year, my property taxes are double" the amount they were assessed at, $934, when he bought his one-bedroom cabin 10 years ago, "having gone up $227 – more than 14% – this year alone," Bob T...