Why Woonsocket is a hole

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The average residence slum in Woonsocket is worth $150,000. Assessor Christopher Celeste said that meant a tax bill of about $2,952 in the last budget year. But this fiscal year, with the cut in the exemption and the rate increase, that owner will owe about $3,629, an increase of $677.


http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130728-woonsocket-hopes-supplemental-tax-will-be-end-of-deficits.ece