Sam Sinjari on Growth, Taxes & Infrastructure

Sam Sinjari's growth policy is to tie new development to the roads, wastewater systems, drainage, emergency services, and other capacity needed to support it. The policy is not simply “more growth” or “less growth”; it is about sequencing growth so new development does not create avoidable long-term pressure on existing taxpayers.

What is the underlying policy?

Sam's platform proposes a public Growth Sequencing Map that shows where growth can be supported by existing or funded infrastructure. The idea is to make infrastructure capacity part of the approval framework rather than treating each development decision in isolation.

What does research say about growth and local costs?

Public-finance research shows that population growth can increase local costs when communities must expand roads, facilities, and services faster than their revenue base can absorb. It also shows an important counterpoint: in sparsely populated places, additional density can reduce some per-person service costs through economies of scale.

What does that mean for Lakeshore?

It means growth is not automatically good or bad for the tax base. The fiscal effect depends on where growth occurs, what infrastructure already exists, what must be built, whether outside funding is available, and whether commercial assessment grows alongside residential development.

Sam's policy in one line

Plan growth around capacity, publish the sequence, and make the long-term cost visible before approvals are made.

Research basis: Ladd (1994); Bonet & Fretes Cibils (2013); OECD (2022); RAND (2003). Related policy: Growth Sequencing Map and responsible-growth platform.

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