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Date published: 5/14/2008
Christine Lynch got the heroes and villains all wrong in her April 30 letter to The economy is on a knife's edge, in Spotsylvania and across the country; the supervisors who voted to raise our property taxes made it harder for the county to recover from the economic hard times, It's difficult to see the economic cost Based on the conclusions of the Univer- So the four supervisors of whom Lynch thinks so highly (Gary Skinner, Hap Connors, Emmitt Marshall, and Benjamin Pitts) cost the county more than $100 million, and perhaps nearly $200 million, in lost property values. We're supposed to be grateful The real heroes here are Jerry Logan and Gary Jackson, who insisted upon an equalized rate and refused to vote for either the tax increase or the bloated budget that came with it. (T.C. Waddy was good enough to vote against the tax hike, but he did vote for Sadly, they did not win the day, but next November, Supervisors Skinner, Pitts, and Marshall will be up for re-election--a perfect chance to replace the tax-hiking majority with one that understands the damage that comes from higher property taxes. D.J. McGuire Spotsylvania
D.J. McGuire wake up and look around you.. Spotsylvania County has the lowest taxes around. Somehow they still manage to provide quality public sarvices. One of the reasons we saw a tax increase this year was because some members (past and present) failed to address the issue of paying the debt associated with voter referandum supported borrowing. Those supervisors freely took mpney away from education, public safety and transportation to pay that debt. In my opinion that is poor fisical management.
People who live beyond their means, financing fancy cars and houses on credit, with high interest rates are hurting the economy - default causing banks to reduce lending. Then they whine about paying taxes because they are broke, and with no taxes the services we all need go away. Real smart.
The budget passed by the Spotsy Board that McGuire lambasts was basically flat - just keeps services at the same level. It includes investments for public safety, schools, a small COLA and moves construction projects forward (delay only costs MORE money). With the exception of more money for schools, Jackson voted for increases in this so-called bloated budget that McGuire bemoans. I pointed this out to McGuire on his bloated blog, but I guess it's easier to make your points when you ignore the facts.
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