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Spring Hill residents get say on taxes

Note to Mayor Ray Williams: this may well be what was meant when our forefathers wrote in the Constitution, 'Of the people, for the people, by the people' -- except for the fact that that phrase isn't in the Constitution (it's in the Gettysburg Address...and I'm not certain it was about property taxes per se). I still give the mayor an 'A' for effort, which is what our forefathers meant when they wrote "no child shall be left behind" into the Constitution. ;-|

I kid the mayor, but still applaud the resolution.

Note to The Tennessean Staff Writer Sue McClure: It's not your job to determine that residents pay "only" such and such an amount of taxes. If it's such a dismissable amount of money, then maybe she wouldn't mind paying it for everybody.

Spring Hill residents get say on taxes

City leaders approve 'taxpayer bill of rights'

SPRING HILL — Residents and politicians gave the Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen a standing ovation last night after it approved a ''taxpayer bill of rights'' that allows residents to vote on any future property tax increases.

The resolution also states that any budget surpluses created by excess revenues in the general fund will be returned to the taxpayers in the next fiscal year by means of a property tax reduction.

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