Property Taxes Raised in Kingston, Employees get Raises

Submitted by WhitesCreek on June 13, 2012 - 7:11pm.

"Nobody likes to raise taxes," Beets said, "but cheap government is very seldom good, and good government is very seldom cheap."

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From our Good Government Department:
Submitted by WhitesCreek on June 13, 2012 - 7:16pm.

The tax increase for the fiscal year that starts July 1 comes on the heels of an error by a city employee who dropped a digit on tax bills sent out last fall for the current fiscal year.

That mistake trimmed a nickel off the approved rate and left the city with a $70,000 shortfall.

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