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which preclude development in perpetuity. By allowing use value taxation in ag districts only, the supervisors can get “land use certainty” in exchange for “ tax certainty,” he said.
In addition, Dennis noted that all the forest land included in the Wakefield application is being managed in accordance with some type of forest management plan.
Replying to the criticism of the tax benefits given farmers through use value, Supervisor H.B. Wood maintained that anytime land can be saved from development, it’s to the benefit of all taxpayers. If farmers have to sell their acres because they can’t afford the high fair market value taxes and houses are constructed , the demand for services — particularly schools — will drive taxes up further, he argued. “If they’re farming, they’re also raising cheap food for us,” Wood added. “I’m a farmer. I need it,” he concluded.
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