I am looking over property tax bills, and I came across teardrop tax bills. I asked the accountants, they never heard of it before. I tried to Google it, couldn't find a definition. Does anyone know?

This is going out on a limb but at anytime did you own a teardrop trailer?

No. I called the tax assessor this morning, it is for extra police protection for these particular streets. Also, this is a common spot for parades or for improper parking, so the police patrol extra here. I also thought it was tax on the salt in my tears, when I saw my tax bill!

Maybe it's because the rest of the tax payers in your area are a bunch of cry babies and want to see you taxed at a higher rate because of the area you live in.

When I lived in Bridgeport, I paid twice as much car insurance as other towns. We have to cover all those non-insured people. Actually, my car was stolen from in front of my house TWICE, and it was recovered. The insurance companies wanted to drop me, as if I like getting my car stolen. I even had an alarm installed after the first one. Car thieves know what they are doing.

It's actually a business tax, to keep people from parking in our private lot which has no gate or attendant. The previous gates were "disabled".

Believe me, I am a cry-baby about my property tax. Luckily, the mayor of East Haven is a cheapskate, so we've been able to keep our taxes low.

"Identified through the EPA Assessment Grant as one of the City’s six sites with the greatest potential for redevelopment, the 8.5 acre, three-parcel, Jenkins Valve/Sprague Meter site is located south of Bridgeport's downtown teardrop off of Main and Broad Street. The site is physically separated from downtown by the I-95 overpass to the north, while a raised railroad track serving Amtrak and Conrail borders the site to the south, and the Pequennock River and Bridgeport Harbor to the east. The site is easily accessible to I-95, Route 8, commuter train and ferry. Before redevelopment, the City of Bridgeport owned almost half of the site. The City of Bridgeport, through a combination of city bond funds and private investment, acquired the property, relocated businesses, and built the City owned stadium with the Bridgeport Bluefish as the primary tenant."

It sounds to me like it is simply the shape of the site.