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Commonwealth Attorney Henry Carter of Orange reported that he wrote the Attorney General on October 13 requesting an opinion on whether use value taxation automatically applies to all land within an AF District, and asked for an answer by November 10. When no response came, Carter said he wrote again on December 6 and requested an answer by December 13.
“I haven’t gotten an official opinion,” Carter told the Orange Supervisors. “I think they’re pussy-footing around with the same problems that we are,” he said, adding that the difficulties in getting an answer were compounded by having to deal with an outgoing administration. “I think they will ultimately rule that land use taxation applies in an agricultural district (on agricultural, forestal and open space land), regardless of local ordinances,” he maintained.
Supervisor E. C. Hooper presented a resolution for approval of the three district applications that included criticism of the Orange Review’s coverage of the public hearing held December 5 on the AF Districts. Hooper’s resolution charged that the account in the Orange paper was misleading, biased and slanted reporting.
Hooper further noted that 60 landowners were involved in the proposals for creation of AF Districts and urged approval of the applications.
When there was no immediate support for Hooper’s resolution, Supervisor Chairman Lindsay Gordon interrupted to announce that one of the applicants included in the AF District
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