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NO NEW TAXES
Pinning his hopes of federal rebenue shar- ing Fort Worth City Manager Rodger Line says
he will not ask city council
for an increase
in ad valorem to help finance the new city budget. At Monday's meeting, Line says he'll ask that the present tax rate be retained. Admitting the element of risk the City Manager says it's outweighed by the advantage of not collecting more money next year than the city needs. Following that course of action... if the federal revenue sharing bill does not materialize then, Line said, "we'd have to cut back on expenditures." Seven council members said they'd go along