{"id":13810,"date":"2015-08-03T06:08:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=13810"},"modified":"2015-08-03T06:25:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T10:25:38","slug":"rural-revaluation-meeting-at-farm-bureau-2015-08-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/rural-revaluation-meeting-at-farm-bureau-2015-08-04.html","title":{"rendered":"Rural revaluation meeting at Farm Bureau 2015-08-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAre <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/rural-tax-revaluation-bill-gates-and-subdivisions-more-important-than-agriculture-and-public-transportation.html\">Bill Gates and subdivisions really more important than agriculture<\/a><br \/>\nor rivers or public transportation?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-07-14--tax-assessors\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-07-14--tax-assessors\/small\/yellow-map.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nCome to Farm Bureau tomorrow evening<br \/>\nand find out what&#8217;s<br \/>\ngoing on with the rural land revaluation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1672561019644609\/\">facebook event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> 7PM, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> 3296 Greystone Way, Valdosta, GA, (229) 242-7876<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>By:<\/strong> Farm Bureau board member Buddy Coleman called this meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>What:<\/strong> Compare the Comprehensive Plan to this revaluation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-07-14--tax-assessors\/\">here<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2015-07-14--tax-assessors\/rural-revaluation-shrunk.pdf\">PDF<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Sprawl:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/sprawl-to-ruin-or-dense-with-green-space-for-quality-of-life.html\">sprawling residential growth is a certain ticket to fiscal ruin (Or at least big tax increases)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPDF of the report by UGA Prof. Jeffrey H. Dorfman Lowndes County paid for in 2007,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/loco.quarterman.org\/docs\/Lowndes-Report-Final.pdf\"><br \/>\nThe Local Government Fiscal Impacts of Land Use in<br \/>\nLowndes County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Who:<\/strong> At least some of the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/who-are-the-lowndes-county-tax-assessors.html\"><br \/>\nLowndes County Tax Assessors<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> (W.G. Walker, Mike Hill, and Leroy Butler Jr.)<br \/>\nand staff (Silas Hrobar, Chief Appraiser)<br \/>\nresponsible for this revaluation that would push development into the<br \/>\nagricultural regions of the county will be there.<br \/>\nAnd remember, according to one of the Tax Assessors, if you object<br \/>\nto this revaluation, the way to get how it was done changed is to<br \/>\nappeal to the<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/who-is-on-the-lowndes-county-board-of-equalization.html\">Board of Equalization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Tax Commissioner, Felicia Williams, has also been invited,<br \/>\nalthough she had nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>\nCome help us find out what&#8217;s going on, and what we can do about it.<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Bill Gates and subdivisions really more important than agriculture or rivers or public transportation? 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