Legislature Wins Majority of Court Battle over Tax Increase

Judge John Michalek has ruled that all but one of the changes that the legislature made to the County executive's budget were valid. The judge ruled that the 2009 budget will contain a property tax increase of about 1.6% and not the 4.8% that Collins was asking for. Collins had claimed that legislators made over $10 million [.

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