Again this year, the annual public hearing on the proposed Erie County budget was dominated by cultural agencies and the library system.

County Executive Poloncarz’s spending plan calls for a 3.4 percent hike in the property tax, in a budget dominated by mandated spending.

By Mike Desmond, WBFO 88.7FM, 11/20/12

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