No city property-tax hike, says Mayor Paul Young
“Before arriving at a balanced budget, without raising taxes, we spent weeks combing through the numbers, looking for ways to cut dollars without cutting services,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young wrote in his Friday, April 17, weekly email. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
Young is prepping to present his budget proposal, meanwhile he’s already talking about the bottom line. Also in this roundup: Marsha Blackburn on climate change and Democrats vow statewide organization.
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