This question being raised with the release of the town's 2012 budget, and news that taxes have risen.
Infrastructure taxes within St. Stephen are up 1.5 cents to $1.58 per $100.
Town Manager John Ferguson says, frankly, we cannot afford not to build this new facility.
Ferguson adds, St. Stephen is a great community, we must reverse the downward spiral of our social economic problems, including deviant behavior in certain segments of our population.
He says we must reverse population reduction and the exodus of young people.
Ferguson says based on projections today, the tax rate will remain where it is, at least until 2015.
