From: http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article478024.ece
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Provisions also exist to allow government and school districts to exceed the tax cap entirely -- if 60 percent or more of the people who adopt the budget agree to exceed the 2 percent limit.
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For a legislative body of 5 people this will need 3 votes
For a legislative body of three people (I.e. West Seneca) this would need 2 votes
The same number of votes to adopt a budget.
Just more smoke and mirrors.