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Menino unveils $2.4b budget

By Andrew Ryan

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 11, 2012

Mayor Thomas M. Menino outlined a $2.4 billion budget plan today to the City Council that would boost city spending by 2.5 percent, an increase that essentially keeps pace with rising costs. The proposal, which would go into effect July 1, represents a $60 million rise from the current budget. Menino said the additional funding will come in part from an anticipated increase in revenue from the taxes on jet fuel, hotel rooms, and meals because, “this is a city people want to come to.”

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