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Old 01-15-2021, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by merrymini View Post
Disgusting, to propose that kind of a tax increase, and yes, it is a tax increase, after running against a large tax increase.
The problem with calling it a tax increase is that readers become confused (which I truly believe was the intent of the headline in the paper).

The commissioners ran against the 25% property tax increase. The argument was that the taxes were increased on existing properties in order to keep the impact fees lower on new development. If I remember correctly, the commissioners campaigned that they would roll back the property tax increase and remove some or all of the discount being applied to the impact fees. This is exactly what they seem to be proposing now.
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