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Only one good thing about population growth: lower property taxes

AP

Not sure if all Manatee residents have taken a ride around the county and seen the thousands of new houses and condos being built. I am not looking forward to all the thousands of new people coming to our county — all the traffic problems and all of them trying to get into a restaurants. But I am also looking forward to a huge drop in my property tax!

John Williamson

Ellenton

This story was originally published July 21, 2017 at 11:14 AM with the headline "Only one good thing about population growth: lower property taxes."

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