Lakeland board OKs budget with no property-tax hike
Lakeland Commissioner Jim Atkinson attends a Lakeland Municipal Planning and Design Review Commission meeting April 11 at the University of Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“Taxes stink, but they are necessary to accomplish our goals as a city,” Lakeland Mayor Josh Roman said after the meeting.
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