ASHLAND With a little less than a mile of new pipe in the ground, the push for updated utilities didn’t let up in a turbulent and bleak 2020, according to
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ASHLAND At first blush, it looks like a play to increase revenues in a year where budget shortfalls were a real concern for the city of Ashland, but city officials have said the increase in back-taxes and code enforcement actions can be attributed to having more feet on the ground in those respective areas.
Tax collection in the city is already pretty good â according to the Finance Department s Michelle Veach, the city has collected its taxes at a rate of 97.92% over the last 10 years. From 2011 to 2013, Veach said that average was 99%.
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Her reply? Excuse me?
It didn t sound like the sort of work she was accustomed to and figured she had been saddled with a dreadful chore. The experience turned out to be something quite different than she imagined. I went into this conference room, and Roger shows up, and he s just his jolly self, and he s got this food, Carrubba recalled. Roger s telling jokes, and one by one people are getting food.
As they picked up their food, Carrubba recalled, they thanked Reynolds profusely and made comments like, You have no idea, we haven t eaten for two days! By the end of the first hour, I thought, My God, this is such a meaningful thing, Carrubba said. It was so moving to hear these people tell me, My child is dying, or My little girl was in a terrible accident, she s on life-support. One story after another. They don t want to leave the hospital, and they don t really want to leave the bedside.
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