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*BREAKING NEWS: Mayor Taylor signs pledge to hold the line on taxes
Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor has signed a pledge to, if re-elected, keep the tax levy increase in his proposed budgets at 3 %.Taylor met earlier today with Franklin resident and blogger Fred Keller to officially sign the pledge.
Keller had proposed that the mayor sign a pledge that he would not propose a budget with a property tax levy that exceeds the rate of inflation and would not support a budget forwarded to him by the Franklin Common Council that contains a property tax levy increase that exceeds the rate of inflation.
Here is the pledge Mayor Taylor ultimately signed:
I pledge if elected to another term as Mayor of the City of Franklin that I will not recommend an annual budget to the City's Finance Committee that exceeds a 3% tax levy. This pledge is related to the years 2008 to 2011.
Thomas M. Taylor
Candidate for Mayor
3/30/08
Here are the tax levy percentage increases for the past three City of Franklin Budgets:
Keller is still working with mayoral candidate Basil Ryan to sign a pledge to control the tax levy. Ryan has said he will sign such a pledge.
This is a huge victory for city taxpayers. Congratulations to the mayor for signing this pledge and congratulations to Fred Keller for his efforts.
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