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Article: `HOW' OF MORE HUMAN SERVICES FUNDS DEBATED TAX, REFERENDUM DISCUSSED.(METRO)
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- The Capital Times
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- September 14, 2004
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Byline: Bill Novak The Capital Times
If special interest groups want to pump up the county human services budget, they should take it to the people via a referendum, County Board Supervisor Brett Hulsey says.
Hulsey said a similar tactic was used six years ago when new money was needed for land acquisition. That referendum, to spend $30 million over 10 years to buy land for parks and conservation areas, was overwhelmingly approved.
A citizens group, Save Our Services-Dane, urged the County Board and County Executive Kathleen Falk Monday to consider a new tax of $20 per household over and above the pending budget of about $400 million.
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