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["Lisa K.V. Perry" <lisakvperry AT gmail.com>]

On 7/23/06, Rob <becida AT comcast.net> wrote:
> At  7/21/2006 05:58 PM,Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
>
> > > You learn something every day.  Our taxes went up due to the county
> >assessment in '05--they nearly doubled from the '00 assessment.  The next
> >meeting with the Board of Supervisors was packed, many on fixed incomes
> >attending and others who moved here for low taxes, among other reasons.
> >
> >Lisa
>
> Did everyone showing up make any difference?


It did but it was very slight.  It's a problem though, we want to keep taxes
low, but the county pop. grew 10% in the last 5 years and thus needs more
services (i.e. more teachers, more ambulances and EMTs on call, etc.). We've
had this discussion a time or two on this list.

Lisa