Article: TAX HIKE IN BERGEN


The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-19-2001
TAX HIKE IN BERGEN
Date: 01-19-2001, Friday
Section: OPINION
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

LATE LAST year, Bergen County Democrats raised an alarm that a
shortfall in revenue would force a countywide tax hike of about $18
million. But County Executive William "Pat" Schuber dismissed the
suggestion as "fantasy allegations."

Now it looks as though that "fantasy" has become a reality, both
for Mr. Schuber and the county's taxpayers.

This week the county executive proposed a $328 million budget
calling for a $17.2 million tax hike -- the first significant increase in
five years. The 8.7 percent increase raises the levy by ...

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