Put existing businesses first for once

Dear Editor,

You have read the news stories that the county council is discussing raising taxes for roads and is considering options including a 29-mill property tax increase, an increase of the road fee from $20 to $100 or a sales tax hike from 7 percent to 8 percent.

Watching this unfold, I see another example of the councilmen following along with the county administration and council leadership.

I examined this new council’s voting record of 2017, 2018 and 2019 to try and glean the elements of independence or alternative thought, if any, on this council.

There were 545 votes the past three years (not including procedural votes like adjournment, going

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