Trib: Laurels & Lances

Laurel: To Mt. Lebanon commissioners. At a time when most taxpayers are happy if taxes just don't go up and officials crow about merely holding that line, a tax decrease is worth celebrating. So kudos to Mt. Lebanon, where officials found ways to save enough on debt payments and health insurance to turn a proposed 0.48-mill tax hike into a 0.13-mill tax cut for 2011. Mt. Lebanon property owners' savings won't be big -- $26 on a house assessed at $200,000 -- but will be enough to make folks living elsewhere envious.

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