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Get your facts straight Beacon. The tax increase is 1.3%, city expenses are increasing 3.2%, the Mayor is keeping the entire increase for himself, the schools are being level funded again. That means City spending is increasing 3.2% not the 1.3% he is claiming. The city budget is $127 million ($283 million less $156 million for schools). The $4 million increase is all on the City side of the budget. A $4 million increase on a $127 million budget is 3.2%. The Mayor never wants the facts to get in the way of a good press release.

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