Later this year we get a choice between a Democrat-to-be-named-later and Donald Trump. But even in the worst case scenario, Donald Trump will not be President 40 years from now. Proposition 2 1/2, however, is like the immortal Donald Trump vampire god-king of our nightmares.

Proposition 2 1/2 sets property tax revenue growth for all municipalities in Massachusetts at a tight 2.5% in American dollars. Which means that when the value of property in Northampton goes up too much, the city is required to cut the property tax rate. In other states, cities choose whether to lower or raise their property taxes based on, you know, like, whether they should or not. But here in blue Massachusetts we have the ghosts of Conservative Republicans Past strangling our wonderful local government just because there was an oil crisis in 1979. More or less.

Having said all that, Yes!Northampton isn’t trying to repeal Prop 2 1/2, they’re just trying to pass the Property Tax Override on March 3rd so we can keep Northampton humming along. Bill Scher is a volunteer and (gasp) former Brooklynite and gives us the word on the override.

You can find out more about why you should vote Yes! at YesNorthampton.com and on the facebooks.