Commissioners Back Property Tax Hikes
9th Sep 2005, 12:51 GMT
BARTOW -- Polk County commissioners late Thursday voted 4-1 to back a countywide property tax increase to pay for road construction. But they cut nearly in half a pair of new property taxes to fund park and library construction in a vote that took place just after midnight.
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