About once a month, the tall grass at the dog park gets cut.  Usually just in the nick of time. They mow the big field and the trails.

Otherwise, it gets so tall you need help finding your ball.

Still, you can usually find a grassy place they missed for a little lie-down.

Minto-Brown Island Park is a city park.  I am happy to help pay for its maintenance with my property taxes.

I am happy to pay $1,486.59 for public education as well, though neither I or anyone I am related to ever attended.  I like to think I am contributing to raising up people who will be good citizens and be able to earn a living.

I pay $207.86 for mass transit.  Never taken a bus.

Actually, I am mostly content to pay all my local taxes.  From some of those federal ones, though, I wish I could opt out.  Specifically, I don’t like paying for foreign wars.  But I digress.