Fixing the ongoing burden of property taxes was a central motivation behind James Malone’s decision to run for public office. He hears constantly from seniors on fixed incomes who watch their tax bills rise year after year while their income remains flat, as well as from young families struggling to afford staying in the communities they love. Malone stresses that this financial pressure is the single largest burden facing a lot of Lancaster County households.
Malone maintains that the path to permanent property tax relief runs directly through state policy in Harrisburg:
- Pennsylvania relies on local property taxes to fund schools more than almost any other state. This means local tax bills are forced to do the heavy lifting that state funding should be covering.
- Malone’s push for fair school funding is directly tied to tax relief; when the state funds schools adequately, the pressure on local property taxes automatically goes down.
He rejects the failed status quo and is running on a strategy to fix the state funding formula, invest heavily in schools at the state level, and provide local property owners with the meaningful relief they deserve.
