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Williamsburg’s city council moved a step closer to approving its $103 million budget Monday, with council members saying the proposed new library may have to be scaled back.
Many of the 10 citizens who spoke at the council’s work session suggested cutting out the proposed $26 million library, now that James City Council is planning to build its own just over the city line.
They also criticized the city’s plans to implement an admissions tax and raise water rates, meals and lodging taxes, saying they would hurt the economy.
“These are all regressive taxes in that they are levied irrespective of the incomes of those paying the tax, thereby making living in the city less affordable for those in the lower income brackets,” retired business executive Bob Wilson told the council …