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8:59 am
Mon November 5, 2012

Flint voters set to decide property tax hike on Tuesday

Credit Steve Carmody/Michigan Radio
Flint voters will decide Tuesday whether to support a big property tax increase intended to fund public safety

The man leading the ‘vote Yes’ campaign is optimistic Flint voters will approve a big millage increase on Tuesday.

Pastor Timothy Stokes says “at the end of the day, everyone’s concerned about public safety.”

Stokes is the chairman of the ‘Yes to Police and Fire Protection Committee’.  The group has been campaigning for the passage of a six mill property tax increase that’s on Tuesday’s ballot.

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