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Bethlehem City Council approves 2021 budget with 5% tax increase


BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bethlehem City Council adopted a 2021 general fund budget during Tuesday night s meeting and approved a property tax increase. 
The $87.4 million spending plan includes a 5% tax increase on property owners. For Bethlehem residents in Northampton County, this computes to 8.61 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation. The rate for Lehigh County residents will be 2.72 mills, according to city documents.
While we are raising taxes this year.we are doing a good job by those we serve here in the city of Bethlehem, said Councilman Michael Colón.
Council voted 6-1 for each of the two separate bills that respectively include the general fund budget and the tax increase. Councilman Bryan Callahan offered the dissenting vote on both measures. ....

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Trying to capitalize on an unforced error made by congressman paul ryan. recently ryan made these comments about innercity poverty on bill bennett s radio show. listen. we have got this tail spin of culture this our inner cities in particular of men not working and generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and culture of work. and so there is a real culture problem here that has to be dealt with. so ryan eventually offered an apology calling his open words inarticulate about the point i was trying to go make. regardless, it made for a tough moment at a recent town hall in his own hometown. bottom line is this. this statement was not true. i ll point it out to you why it wasn t true. as a code board for black this is not a race thing. it s a poor thing. poverty knows no racial boundaries. that s the issue i m trying to get at which is we have to rethink our war on poverty in our program so is that it always pays to work. ....

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