Voters should support the county library levy

The wording on the ballot may seem confusing to some, but the issue is not. We urge the voters of Hill County to make permanent a 3-mill tax levy that voters decided to place on themselves five years ago to provide more money for the Havre-Hill Country Library.

If you vote for this levy on Tuesday, your tax rate won't increase. Property owners have been paying this tax since voters overwhelming adopted it in 1998 by a margin of 3,456 to 2,050 - or 63 percent to 37 percent.

Voters approved it for five years. If voters don't extend it on Tuesday, our local library will lose at least $72,000 in f...