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Billerica Selectman Fights Tax Increase All By Himself, Triggers Special Election

October 23, 2017

Town Meeting in Billerica, Massachusetts approved an expenditure to maintain playing fields in town. But a selectman in town who says costs will balloon and local youth sports organizations will have to pay inflated fees has gathered more than 1,500 signatures of voters to force a special town election to consider the measure.