Something needs to be done for our senior citizens on their property taxes.

They need to be grandfathered in, like California did several years ago. We have widows and widowers out there who have lost their mates — essentially they have lost half their income.

They should not have to take out a reverse mortgage or count on their kids to keep them in their homes. Most of them have worked all their lives and never taken one unemployment check or any kind of welfare or government handout. They never abused the system.

I went to a meeting a while back and listened to a property appraiser talk on taxes. It’s pretty sad to sit there and see some older people with tears running down their faces, not knowing what to do. Some have spouses in nursing homes. They are lost. It’s not fair that they are being forced out of their home after all their years of hard work.

We’ve had people come into this state with more money than brains, and run property taxes up and way out of reason.

You can say that older folks should sell, but where would they go and not have to pay through the nose to keep a roof over their head?

Most of these people are proud people. They don’t have their hand out for a free ride, like so many people do in this day and age. Something must be done.

Speaking for myself: I am 90 years old, a widower. And it’s getting rougher each year to make ends meet.

Also, I think it is wonderful that widows of veterans get a small break on their property taxes. But why doesn’t a veteran who is a widower — he has to be 40% disabled to get the same. It doesn’t seem right to me.