ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY LEGISLATURE CHAIR SAYS DRACONIAN CUTS NOT THE ANSWER TO BUDGET WOES—Sallie Brothers told 99 News yesterday cutting programs such as alcohol and substance abuse, that work on problems caused by poverty would do more harm than good, and cost the county more in the long run. The county is facing a 19-percent worst case scenario true value tax rate hike in 2013.

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