The four members of the Oshkosh Common Council who voted to place a tax increase referendum on the November ballot cannot honestly think that it will pass. What this really represents is an effort to blame the citizens if and when deep cuts in city services happen. I can hear it now: "Well, we told you that taxes needed to be raised, and you voted it down."
We all know that in November the garbage fee will be rejected, and so will this inane tax increase referendum. Instead of taking the easy way out and imposing an across the board 3% cut, it's time for the City Manager and this Council to start coming up with some criteria for determing what the city's priorities should be given the budget situation Madison has placed us in.
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