The Woodlands has a history of wasteful spending just to satisfy the need to spend the money leveled against homeowners. No one ever returns excessive tax dollars collected from homeowners, they just invent new ways to spend it. This is a debate that has been going on for decades. Newcomers are late in this discussion and simply don't care because they are in their peak earning years and are used to spending as much money as they make. No one fights the system anymore and simply keep paying like sheep.
It is not lost on me that taxes are necessary to sustain growth and keep the neighborhood looking nice, but there needs to be a limit to what any homeowner is forced to pay to sustain that growth. When the cost of living here becomes too high we lose the Pollyanna effect George Mitchel was shooting for when he built this neighborhood. He maintained that everyone should be able to live here, not just the rich.
Having said all that, I think everyone can agree that this is a rare successful experiment on how a neighborhood can sustain itself over time. George had a vision and he would be proud of the neighborhood he built from scratch..We miss you George..