Mayor defends tax increase *In a letter to the City Council Democrats, Mayor Lincoln D. Chafee says the proposed 65-cent tax increase is needed for the financial health of the city.

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Mayor defends tax increase *In a letter to the City Council Democrats, Mayor Lincoln D. Chafee says the proposed 65-cent tax increase is needed for the financial health of the city.

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Providence Journal - Bulletin - Providence, R.I.

Author:	TONY DePAUL Journal-Bulletin Staff Writer
Date:	May 31, 1996
Start Page:	D.06
Text Word Count:	769

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Mayor Lincoln D. Chafee wrote to five Democratic City Council members Wednesday, urging them to think again before chopping his proposed 65-cent tax increase back to zero.

The five Democrats on the nine-member council - Linda Sullivan, AlFerruolo, Donna Travis, Carlo Pisaturo and Gene Kelly - held a news conference last week on the steps of City Hall. They said Chafee could finance his $174.9 million budget for the next fiscal year without the tax increase he seeks.

Chafee asked the council yesterday not to allow the public hearing "to deteriorate into a strict partisanencounter."

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