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Eastham countered that large parcels of land, the acres devoted to agricultural production, forest or open space, have traditionally - although unofficially - been taxed at a lower rate. He expressed support for that informal arrangement designed to promote and protect the county’s fanning industry but repeated his request for a delay on the ag district application.

Eastham recalled that he had once pledged he would resign before opposing Wood publicly on any issue. “I’m in the side yard, fighting my guts out to keep some sanity (in the school board’s budget deliberations) while you all are here in the front yard doing this (affording tax benefits through ag districts),” he told the supervisors. “I’m

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