Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Double digit tax hike in Kane approved

IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAX HIKES EVER IN KANE.  BOROUGH COUNCIL LAST NIGHT VOTED FOUR TO THREE TO RAISE TAXES ALMOST 28 PERCENT…UP TO TEN-POINT-875 MILLS.  THE KANE REPUBLICAN REPORTS OVER THIRTY PEOPLE JAMMED INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE MEETING…MANY OF THEM CALLING FOR POLICE OR OTHER LAYOFFS OF BOROUGH EMPLOYEES TO CUT EXPENSES RATHER THAN RAISING TAXES AT A TIME OF DOUBLE-DIGIT UNEMPLOYMENT AND DECREASING POPULATION IN KANE.

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