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Old 12-18-2024, 11:52 AM   #38
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These tax increases on the town level are pretty easy to stop. Town meeting sets the rate in most towns around here. Go to town meeting and vote against increases. It's pretty simple, if enough people vote this way, taxes won't go up. Tax rate does not matter, it is adjusted every year based on what the town meeting voted to spend, divided by the total RE valuation per 1000. What matters is every little (or large) increase in spending approved, that amounts to a cup of coffee a day or more, those add up.
Exactly!! Perfectly said. But they need to vote for school budget too, as well as town.
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