I think it clearly shows what tummyman pointed out.
Last year was an unusual year with offsets that created a false low in the tax rate.
The amount raised for each category would also be wonky due to the offsets being present over time.
Each time the State or federal government supplied funds to a specific category, the amount need to be raised in property taxes in that category would be lower.
The specific budgets would be more accurate... but since those would be a decision of the residents of the town, no real blame outside of their choices could be inferred.
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