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Tax Increase to Enhance <br />Orono residents were asked: <br />Would you favor or oppose an increase in city property <br />taxes to enhance current city services or offer additional <br />city services? <br />Eighty-two percent oppose an increase in city property taxes to enhance current city services or <br />offer additional city services: <br />FAVOR .......................................... 10% <br />OPPOSE .......................................... 82% <br />DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ............................ 9% <br />A comparatively small 10% would favor a property tax increase for this purpose. <br />Supporters tend to be: <br />• those contacting City Hall <br />• forty-five to fifty-four year olds <br />• men <br />Opponents are more likely to be: <br />• owners of homes valued over $1 million <br />• women <br />The small minority of supporters were asked a follow-up query: <br />What services would you like to see enhanced or offered? <br />Forty-three percent would enhance "street repair:" <br />UNSURE ......................................... <br />11% <br />STREET REPAIR .................................. <br />43% <br />STREET LIGHTS ................................... <br />5% <br />0 <br />WATER AND SEWER .............................. <br />14% <br />COMMUNITY CENTER ............................. <br />5% <br />SCATTERED ...................................... <br />7% <br />Fourteen percent would allocate the funds to "fire services" or "water and sewer services." <br />"Street repair" is posted at a higher rate by: <br />• those not too or not at all informed about city government and its activities <br />33 <br />