Question One: Fiscal Reality and Responsibility (for all candidates) What is your position on (a) an increase in the property tax rate, and (b) an increase in the tax levy? With a potential $5 million revenue shortfall this year and $25 million next year for General Fund operations, what specific programs and departments would you cut and by how much? If you are proposing "new initiatives", what programs will be cut further to finance them? What is your position on (a) an increase in the property tax rate, and (b) an increase in the tax levy?
