Monday, May 24, 2010

Franklin Facts: tax burden

Tax burden: Your property taxes fund less than half the Town budget – the rest comes from state aid and other sources. Our tax burden, defined as average property tax bill divided by median family income, ranks 26th out of 30 comparable towns. This means that in only four of those 30 peer towns do the residents contribute less of their income in the form of property taxes to support their town than do the residents of Franklin.

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The special election on June 8th gives Franklin voters the choice:



  • Increase taxes to continue to provide the services we have this year (and that does not restore any of the services already cut) 
Or


  • Continue to cut municipal services for all and cut educational opportunities for our children

I'll help to provide the information. You need to do two things:


  1. Make your choice
  2. Vote on June 8th

You get bonus points if you talk with your neighbors about this and get them to vote!



Additional information on the override can be found here:
http://investinfranklin.weebly.com/index.html

http://franklinschoolcommittee.wordpress.com/override-page/

http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2010/05/budget-override-collection-fy-2011.html


Franklin, MA

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