Cape May Officials Want to Tax Our Rainwater—When Does Common Sense Kick In?

Cape May Officials Want to Tax Our Rainwater—When Does Common Sense Kick In?

So I’m scrolling through the city council minutes for Cape May, and I see they’re floating a new “stormwater utility fee.” That’s fancy government talk for a tax on rain. You heard me right. They want to charge homeowners based on how much hard surface you have—driveways, roofs, patios. So if you don’t have a grassy yard, you pay more. My neighbor’s driveway is concrete, and he just got a notice that his “runoff contribution” is too high. Meanwhile, the beach is eroding because they spent millions on a jetty project that didn’t work. This isn’t rocket science, folks. Stop nickel-and-diming us and fix the infrastructure. But no, let’s tax the sky instead. Common sense left Cape May years ago.