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Veteran urges council to implement HERO Act exemptions locally; council refers HERO Act exemptions to finance committee
Summary
A lifelong Fall River resident and Vietnam veteran urged the council to support local acceptance of HERO Act property-tax provisions for 100% disabled veterans. The council subsequently adopted a resolution referring discussion of HERO Act local tax exemptions to the committee on finance for review with city departments and Veterans' Services.
Thomas (Tom) Cabral, a lifelong Fall River resident and Vietnam veteran, used Citizens’ Input Time at the Jan. 28 meeting to urge the council to accept local provisions of the state’s HERO Act that expand property-tax exemptions for 100% disabled veterans. Cabral described historical mistreatment of veterans and said the HERO Act doubles a local real-estate exemption and…
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