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Old 07-18-2019, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by SB8476 View Post
Did anyone catch on page C4 of the Daily Sun the article regarding Sumter County increasing this years property taxes by 25%? Maybe they should not have asked the developer to continue building south of 44.
Not an expert but, we've all seen this government tactic over and over again. They report a pending 25% tax increase and we panic. It is mass crowd control. They then put through a 10% increase and the voters cheer-only a 10% tax increase..

If they did things honestly and said we are utting in a 10% tax increase the uproar would be louder and might result in political changes.

I would expect there is a cap on how much they can increase taxes per year.