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property not eligible for preferential assessment, he computed.
Supervisor H. B. Wood pointed out that in 1980, the board had also discontinued local taxes on personal property and merchants capital which contributed to that shift.
“That might not amount to much money but it’s important in showing what’s fair and what’s unfair,” Supervisor Clarence Baldwin added.
“Nobody turned in livestock or personal property fiarly,” Wood said, in explanation of the discontinuance of local taxes in those two categories.
Is It Affordable?
Asked if he was for or against land use taxation, Luke replied “all of this is fine as long as it’s affordable.” He pointed to upcoming expenses for jail renovation, school improvements, acquisition of a landfill site and a re-assessment. “Personally, I’m for land use and personally, I’m for Agricultural and Forestal Districts but the people of this county are going to have to foot the bill.”
According to Luke, Rappahannock taxpayers total 3,185. Three hundred and ten of that number are currently receiving use value taxation on 821 separate tracts of land while 4,177 tracts are not getting a preferential assessment, either through an ag district or the general use value program.
He gave the number of farmers in the county as 266,
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