[doodad]

Even so, many local governments that levy property taxes said it would ravage their budgets, potentially forcing layoffs of police officers and firefighters and deep cuts to public schools

I love how it is always the essential services that will have to be cut not the Arts Commission, social services, cars for commissioners etc.

[yankeedame]

I love how it is always the essential services that will have to be cut not the Arts Commission, social services, cars for commissioners etc.

Amen! Or when a school levee is voted down, they always cut things like school buses or lunch programs -- never the bloated bureaucracy.