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Residents at Lamar council meeting urge slowdown on growth, warn of tax impacts
Summary
Several residents told the Lamar City Council they oppose rapid expansion, questioned plans for a new school and warned rising costs could hurt elderly taxpayers.
Several residents told the Lamar City Council on July 1 they oppose what they described as rapid expansion in Lamar and urged officials to slow spending that could raise property taxes.
Bridal Hughes, of 414 Sixteenth Street Southeast, said many longtime residents do not support the town's expansion and are concerned about higher property taxes. “I just don't like this expansion of this town,” Hughes said. She said the growth is “getting really, really dangerous” and that many older residents live on limited incomes and…
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