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By PAT SAI.TONSTALL Rappahannock Vhh ('olumninl
The May 13 Rappahannock News story on the 1982 propery tax assessments and equalizations reminded me that trying to get a true fix on the results — to determine whether the final assessments are fair and equal —is like the proverbial nine blind men, each grasping a different part of the elephant, trying to describe it.
The News, “grabbing” the assessment of Equalization Board chairman Barksdale's property, found nothing unusual in an assessment of $61,300 on a 14-room, threebath brick house in the heart of Flint Hill. The circa 1782 house contains over 5000 square feet with great commercial potential and possible favorable treatment under the new tax laws for historic or old buildings. It is a handsome house, set off by three additional buildings and includes a garage, a four-room apartment and a tenant house. The outbuildings' orginal assessment has been halved by the Equalization Board, to $5080.
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