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Health & Fitness

Sign the Petition: We Need to Stop Runaway Taxes Now

We the undersigned, adamantly oppose Mayor Harkins' proposed 2015 budget and demand the following actions by the Town Council:

> Conduct financial audit of the Water Pollution Control Authority. Make the results of the audit public to all town citizens.
> Freeze salaries and benefits of all non-union Town employees.
> Freeze the current mill rate. Implement alternative funding to taxation.
> Require the Mayor's office to enact fiscal budgetary measures that reduce General Fund expeditures, except the BoE 2015 budget.

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The Mayor promised economic growth to mitigate taxes, but has failed to deliver after 4+ years. It's time for our elected officials to roll up their sleeves and create a budget that is responsible and fair to all citizens.

Sign here:https://www.change.org/petitions/john-harkins-freeze-the-mill-rate-and-non-union-salaries-and-benefi...

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