Voters May Get to Decide Fate of Western Kentucky City
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Posted: 6:03 PM Jul 24, 2008
Last Updated: 6:03 PM Jul 24, 2008

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A group of petitioners want voters to decide whether the western Kentucky city of Lone Oak should be dissolved. They're angered over high taxes in the tiny city.

Mayor Kimberly Stevens says a petition bearing 100 signatures was submitted to her office last week, requesting that the city's future be decided in the Nov. 4 election.

The petition must be reviewed prior to the Aug. 12 deadline for getting the question on the ballot.

Rental property owner Hugh Roberts helped organize the petition drive, claiming Lone Oak's property tax is higher than the rates in the city of Paducah and McCracken County, and that property owners get very few services for their money.

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