Cambridge city officials recoiled Monday at Dorchester County Council's move to revoke the long-standing tax rebate – called the differential – which they said would amount to a massive tax hike for city residents in Cambridge and Hurlock.
The Cambridge City Council voted to send Mayor Lajan Cephas to contend with Dorchester's commissioners at their next budget meeting on May 6.
The county council proposed ending the differential as part of its desperate efforts to come up with revenue for its fiscal 2026 budget. But Cambridge officials immediately attacked the plan as unfair and
inequitable.