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"A Family Tradition for 131 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 12, 1997 - S Pooling taxes help pay for Toronto costs From Page 1 around -- and if everything goes all wrong then the region may up its taxes by seven-and-a-half per cent and we may increase ours in Scugog by around eight per cent for close to a total increase of 15 per cent." The Mike Harris gov- ernment has proposed a new legislation that would see municipalities in the GTA/905 and 416 areas pool their taxes to help pay for costs in Toronto. The provincial government Murder From Page 1 residence began early last week. No weapons have been discovered, although police believe the murder may have taken place at the Pontypool area home. Det. Tom Klatt of Metro Homicide told the media "It (the murder) may be drug related".... adding that Mr. Gray was well known to local police and the RCMP. Mr. Gray and Mr. Binns made a brief appearance in Lindsay court on Thursday, August 7 and were remanded in custody until August 14. 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It should be a pro- vincial and/or federal responsibility, not a muni- cipal one," said the town- ship mayor, adding that area mayors are trying to set up a meeting with Premier Harris and his government sometime this - week. While the province con- tinues to push for service downloading, Mayor Hall says that they will also have'to wait for a decision on the education costs. "First they say don't worry about paying for education; we'll take care of it. Now they're saying that we may have to cover half the cost. The govern- ment does not know what it wants or where it's going. "We can't start making accurate guesses on how much taxes will have to go up because our decision hinges on how much we have to pay for the cost of schooling our children." Softening his stance just a bit, Mayor Hall says that he does understand the costs that a metropolitan city like Toronto is going through. 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