Word: eisman
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...starting to squirm like patients in a dentist's waiting room. Everyone is resigned to a little pain, but all are praying they can avoid a full-blown root canal. "Basically, I'm preparing to have to dig deeper into my pockets in the near future," says Sherwin Eisman, the Republican mayor of middle-class Huber Heights (pop. 40,000), near Dayton. He fears that additional federal taxes will inspire local voters to reject any attempts to raise local levies, including a May ballot proposal to raise the city income tax from 1% to 1.25% for additional fire and police...