The unanimously approved $4.97 billion spending plan goes into effect Oct. 1. Several council members praised it for lowering the property tax rate to 70.47 cents per $100 valuation — a 3.1-cent drop, increasing police- and fire-related investments, including a n...
2. Planning for anything 20 – 50 years ahead must account for a large degree of uncertainty. You can no more assume the same State Pension as you can the same tax system as you can world order, and we can ramp up the alarmism from there. Long-term plans must build in a degree of...