A spring season of mixed results in western suburbs
In the suburbs west of Boston, voters in 13 communities approved property-tax increases this spring, while those in nine other communities said no to requests to override Proposition 2 1/2.
A Globe review of election results in the 22 communities found voters more likely to approve raising taxes for capital improvement projects and equipment purchases - through debt-exclusion overrides - than they were to OK permanent tax increases to close gaps in municipal or school operating budgets.
In all nine of the communities that turned down override proposals, the extra tax money would have been used to bolster budgets. Such general, or operational, overrides passed in five of the 13 communities that approved tax increases. In eight of these communities, the overrides called for bringing in additional revenue only for capital improvements or new equipment.
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