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Kolb: Pleased with budget, and may try for property tax cap later in the year

By Dave Bullard/WRVO

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WRVO – Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R-Canandaigua) says the new state budget is a good budget -- it cuts spending, covers a large deficit and does not raise taxes.

He says the budget left out some things Republicans wanted, especially a 2% cap on property tax increases for schools and local governments, but he says the Legislature can take up that issue later this year.

Here's his full, unedited interview with WRVO's Dave Bullard.

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