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Palmer’s property taxes rose 30.5% from last year’s $3,600 bill. 

“Right now, it’s just here’s this gap, you know, deal with it,” Palmer said. 

He owes the city more than $1,100 to make up for what his escrow didn’t cover.

“I’m lucky in that I have the money I can cover this with. But a lot of people don’t. People who are retired, living on fixed incomes, again, people who are renting,” Palmer said. “Money doesn’t just fall out of the sky. Where is this supposed to come from at the end of the year when other taxes are due, and we have the holidays and everything else?” 

Palmer said his monthly mortgage will go up about $100 a month next year, on top of the lump sum he now owes. 

“And that’s without the referendum we voted for. So, we’re going to get hit again next year,” Palmer said.

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