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This article entirely misrepresents my position as stated publicly at the April 11 Board of Trustees meeting and budget hearing.

What I stated was that the village for many years raised taxes by 3% by rote. This created a very significant fund balance of more than $12 million which is money that rightfully should be in the pockets of the taxpayers of the village. I suggested that the village LOWER taxes this year and return most of the excess funds to the residents and that we enact a truer budget going forward.

When a government has a huge cushion that does not necessitate balancing the books it can lead to overspending as we have seen over the past couple years at the country club.

At no time did I suggest that we raise taxes this year.

Michael Fragin