COMMENT | At the outset, let it be declared that this is a piece of journalistic work aimed at educating and informing the public of developments - past, present, and future in the public interest.

It should not be misconstrued, misinterpreted, or misrepresented as an idea or proposal for use by politicians, their cronies, or well-connected businesspersons to enrich themselves.

On the contrary, it can be viewed as an idea that borrows plotlines aimed at taking away portions of the residents’ contributions to the community and its quality of life.

Supposing you wake up one morning to read about a state government diktat which compels all local authorities to agree with an unrelated third party to share its revenue from the collection of assessments, what would you do?

Given the quantum, one would expect a small percentage, but what happens when it is decreed that 20 percent would be a fair figure for the third party to receive as a reward for its grand plans?