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		<title>Montgomery County cuts staff to reduce $53.5 million spending gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing their efforts to reduce the $53.5 million budget shortfall, Montgomery County recently cut four Parks and Heritage middle management positions and five food service workers at the Human Service Center. All of the positions have been eliminated. The duties performed by the park administrators will be transferred to other department employees once they leave [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=801&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Montgomery County Board of Assessment Appeals proposes earlier filing deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Board of Assessment Appeals has requested county commissioners discuss an earlier filing deadline for residents and businesses wishing to file a property tax assessment appeal. Currently, assessment appeals must be filed by Sept. 1 with all hearings to be completed by Oct. 31. Due to the downturn in the economy and real [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=797&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lower Providence Township reduces budget spending for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The preliminary budget presented to the Lower Providence Board of Supervisors included no real estate tax increase and a decrease in expenditures over the 2009 budget. The cost cutting measures included two layoffs and five early retirements, as well as implementation of cost cutting measures for every department. The Lower Providence real estate tax millage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=799&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New zoning and building regulations approved for Garrett Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2007 about 60 Garrett Hill residents stormed into Radnor Township’s offices demanding they be part of a proposed plan to change the zoning and subdivision regulations for their small enclave. In October 2008 a scheduled vote on proposed changes that a steering committee of residents crafted was delayed due to concerns by members [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=795&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Easttown residents oppose &#8216;nuisance taxes&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing a forecasted operating deficit of as much as $1 million for 2010, Easttown Township has been exploring the implementation of one or more Act 511 taxes (often called &#8220;nuisance taxes&#8221;), including an earned income tax — an unpopular revenue-generator in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Many of the 250 residents who attended the township supervisors meeting told [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=792&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smith Farm agreement approved in West Bradford Township</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Bradford supervisors recently approved an agreement for the Smith Farm development plan. The agreement will allow for a 125-home development and preservation of the existing cattle farm. The approved settlement plan will now be taken to court for approval, which would settle current litigation and allow the land development plan to proceed through the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=783&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Street Bridge to reopen in Phoenixville</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gay Street Bridge in Phoenixville has received a facelift and a soon-to-be new name – the Veterans Memorial Gay Street Bridge. The bridge, due to be reopened Oct. 16, has been under construction since April 2008. Both pedestrian and vehicular travel will be restored between downtown Phoenixville and North Side. Just in time for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=779&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Radnor discusses tax hike and curbside trash pickup for 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Radnor Township’s interim manager, John Granger, has seen a recent decrease in the initial large deficit projected for 2010, but states that the decrease is not enough to balance the budget without a real estate tax increase. Also being discussed are trash pickup options. Radnor has offered back yard trash pickup free of charge for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=786&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Easttown Township to explore earned income tax as revenue option</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, Oct. 19, at 8:00 p.m., the Easttown Township Board of Supervisors will be presented with information on Earned Income Tax and other Act 511 taxes by the Pennsylvania Economy League. The meeting is to be held at the Beaumont Elementary School, 575 Beaumont Road, Devon, and is open to the public. Easttown Township [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=776&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Norristown presents preliminary budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund Choi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 preliminary budget for Norristown includes a 7.5 percent real estate millage increase, a residential trash collection fee and a gross receipts tax on parking lots. Real estate mills would increase from 10.6 to 11.4 mills, representing about a $67 increase for the average homeowner. Added to the real estate tax bill will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bricksandsticks.wordpress.com&blog=62594&post=790&subd=bricksandsticks&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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