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The Alden LedgerAccount
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The Ledger Podcast · Bonus · S2

Listener questions: the budget

You sent 140 questions about the city budget. We answer the twelve that came up most.

13 min

Hosts
Mara Okafor and Daniel Reyes

Listeners sent in 140 questions about the city budget. Mara Okafor and Daniel Reyes answer the twelve that came up most, from the seawall fee to why the library budget keeps shrinking.

Topics in this episode:

  • How the harbor fee interacts with property taxes
  • Where the library and school budgets stand this year
  • Why the city still publishes the budget as a 412-page PDF

Send questions for the next mailbag through our tip line, linked on the About page.