* Gerry Marchese - St Davids We also experienced amalgamation when we lived in Carlisle that was originally part of Flamborough which was amalgamated with Hamilton. During the Flamborough days tax increases were almost non existent actually going down a couple of years. After Hamilton took over, taxes soared over 4 times where they started by the time we left and they are astronomical now about 12 years later many homes paying well above $20,000. It is very similar to NOTL being that Flamborough was a large land area lightly populated and mostly agricultural.