CUTLINE: Farmer Eugene Smallidge of Cottage Grove was among Washington County residents who questioned their property taxes and the county's 2010 budget at a public hearing Tuesday. Smallidge was holding a soil book that he said used to be used to help determine the value of his agricultural property. He told commissioners that the property taxes on some of his agricultural property are going up more than three-fold. Staff photo by Scott Wente
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