Jeff Phillips on Revaluations: "County budget sleight of hand"

"...Fox and the BoCs initially proposed a budget that would require a 9.5 cent tax increase.

...Not long after the revaluation,
a revised budget was revealed that would only require a 4 cent property tax increase.

...the revelation that you could have easily missed
if you had been looking “over there.”...

...The late-breaking news is announced that the commissioners 
will now proudly present a slight “reduction” in the tax rate. 

...And the crowd goes wild!

Or so it would seem.

What’s wrong with this picture?

...the increase in property values resulted in a tax increase 
to many Guilford County residents without anyone calling it a tax increase. 

The 2012-13 budget that passed on a unanimous vote by the Board of Commissioners 
will spend at least $8 million more of our money than last year 

...It should be very concerning to all of us
that the families and hard-working taxpayers of Guilford County
are being told they got a great deal from our commissioners,
as county spending and taxes for many are going up significantly."

Jeff Phillips