Cairo town board passes 2009 budget with 7.64% tax increase (The Daily Mail)

20 November 2008, 11:14 pm

CAIRO — The Cairo Town Board passed the 2009 budget with taxes going up 7.64 percent, a decrease of 5.6 percent from the 13.24 percent tax hike proposed a couple of weeks ago at the preliminary budget hearing.... Read More »

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