Article: You may get a slight break in county property taxes.(News)

Byline: Russell Lissau Daily Herald Staff Writer

Most Lake County homeowners will pay less in property taxes to the county next year, according to a newly proposed annual budget.

Before you get too excited, however, you should know the savings - the result of an increase in property values across the county - amounts to only about $6 for a typical $200,000 home.

But in an economically troubled time when Americans are trying to stretch every dollar, $6 could mean an extra-large fast-food dinner, two video rentals, a paperback book or a quarter-tank of gasoline.

"Six dollars less a year is better than $6 more a year," said board member ...

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