Chairman of the Guilford Board of County Commissioners Skip Alston confirms that tax rates will not be reduced to compensate for higher property valuations. County property owners will therefore face an average tax hike in excess of 30% because of the revaluation process taking place according to the Rhino Times.
For citizens who live in Greensboro, who already have faced mammoth tax and fee increases, this will be a double whammy.
Obviously, this is going to hurt a lot of people.
It is easy to blame the socialist commissioners like Alston. But this is primarily a voter problem. People vote foolishly and ignorantly and apathetically in our area. And the local population skews socialist.
The weakness of the local Republican Party also strengthens the socialists.
A commenter who calls himself TERMLIMITS nailed it at the Rhino site:
It is the electorate. … Blacks and other minorities are increasing in numbers. Blacks vote their feelings, not based on information. 60% of voters in Greensboro voted for Harris. Doesn’t that tell you how little the voters know and understand about issues and leadership in Greensboro and Guilford County? Skip and all the commissioners know this. Add into the mix the liberal White voters and the Jewish vote and you get the Board we have.
I feel sorry for property owners in Greensboro and Guilford County. Myself, I escaped the Peoples Republic and now am happy in the Commonwealth of Virginia (-:
I hope the taxpayers reach their limit with this crowd in charge, Fred. We need some worthy opponents.