Commentary

Readers write

Readers write

Say no to unnecessary tax

Dear Editor:I will be voting against the city sales tax. My reasoning is as follows. Over the last 10 years assessed property values in Aurora have increased dramatically and have significantly increased the property tax revenue the town receives.
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Readers write

City sales tax proposal lacking a specific plan

Dear Editor:What is the plan for the proposed sales tax? Is there a plan? I am told this sales tax proposal will raise approximately $1.3 million in one year. That equates to $13 million over 10 years and $26 million over the next 20 years.
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Readers write

Vote no on city sales tax

Dear Editor:I have been a citizen of Aurora for over 50 years and during this time have seen our community build many facilities without using any tax dollars.
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Readers write

Vote no on burdensome, unnecessary sales tax

Dear Editor:Evidently not everyone in Aurora has arrived at the conclusion that inflation is suffocatingly high. Our city council has come up with a resolution that, if approved by voters, would further diminish our spending power by introducing a 1.5 percent city sales tax.
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Readers write

City has not proven need for additional tax revenue

Dear Editor:The city has passed a two-part resolution that citizens will vote to accept or reject in May. The resolution proposes to increase the lid on the maximum amount of taxes the city can collect by 23.57 percent and implement a sales tax of 1.5 percent.
ANR

ANR

MCC sale, host community both benefitted from partnership

It was the end of an era Saturday at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds.The annual Mennonite Central Committee relief auction has been bringing faith, family, great food, heritage and a giant helping of goodwill to our community for nearly 50 years, though that tradition has now come to an end.
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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor:The March 6 News-Register had an article on page A6 concerning Tallgrass converting a natural gas pipeline to a CO2 transport line.
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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,In response to Kurt Johnson’s March 27 Op-Ed where he chides the Hamilton County P&Z vote on March 19 to “deny” the Synergen Green Energy request for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to build a sizable anhydrous ammonia plant along Highway 34.