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Whitman County is asking voters to approve a levy lid lift of $0.22 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation at the February 11 election.

The County is authorized to levy $1.80 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, but this amount has deteriorated down to $1.38 per $1,000 of assessed valuation and potentially will decline down to $1.27 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in 2015.

The levy lift being voted on would restore the County levy to $1.60 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

This would amount to an increase in property taxes of $33 per year on a home valued at $150,000.

The E...