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Cities Consider Emergency Property Tax Levs Across Iowa
Cedar Rapids and Des Moines weigh one mill emergency levies to fund 1969 budgets. Cedar Rapids earmarks part for Dutch elm disease fight. Des Moines plans to use all revenue for police salaries, staffing, and equipment. Davenport keeps 29% mills, seeks franchise tax to cut streetlight costs and lower utility bills for renters.
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Jerry Elsen
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Tom Chenoweth
Mike Casey
The
Casey
Iowa
Garrison
Elkader
Hopkinton
Iown Comptroller
Sioux City
Buford M. Watson
State Comptroller’s Office
Watson
Davenport
John Barnard
the Gazette
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Barnard