Taunton OKs Tax Hike to Restore Schools

From The Boston Globe 6/25/2007:

"Yesterday in Taunton, a working-class community that no one could recall voting in favor of a tax increase, people expressed shock that their city had bucked the statewide trend. By a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, voters approved a plan to borrow $18 million of the $104 million it will cost to build a new middle school and renovate a cramped, crumbling high school, seizing an opportunity to reap $86 million in reimbursements from the state ...

The final tally: 4,247 for, 2,548 against. Homeowners will pay, on average, an additional $72 in annual real estate taxes. Construction of the middle school is expected to begin next spring, followed by the high school renovation."

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