Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone talks about the county's budget...

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone talks about the county's budget at his office in the Dennision Buiding in Hauppauge. (Sept. 20, 2013) Credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams Jr.

I have one question with this proposal that would raise Suffolk County police district taxes by about $21 a year: What are the people who are living on a fixed income going to do ["Bellone's budget proposal," News, Sept. 21]?

We have not had children in school since 1989, and yet we still pay some of the highest school taxes around. We live in a modest home, and our taxes for what we have are exorbitant.

Camille Morselli, Islip Terrace

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