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Critics: Plans to cut energy tax would impact property tax

Proposals to eliminate Suffolk's home energy tax could double the county's general fund property tax to make up the difference in potential lost revenue, Budget Review director Gail Vizzini said Tuesday.

Such a trade - sales taxes for property taxes - would reverse 20 years of county policy that de-emphasizes property taxes.

But the point may be moot because the pending legislation to...

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