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Weber County tax hike proposal generates backlash: 'Death by cuts'
OGDEN — The proposed 7.25% tax increase Weber County commissioners are considering generated opposition from the majority of speakers who addressed the officials on the issue at a public hearing Tuesday evening. David Hansen of Liberty, for one, alluded to the spate of property taxes in recent years by a range of taxing entities. "It's death by cuts. We've been hit so hard over the last couple of years by the tax increases — and it isn't just the county. It's all of them together," he said. Around 20 people spoke at the truth-in-taxation hearing, most expressing opposition to the ...