The Board voted Wednesday to leave the advertised real estate tax rate the same.
The goal is to eliminate shopping bags, but the money the tax is making is no small change.
City Manager Sam Sanders says his proposed 2-cent real estate tax increase would fill the FY 27 budget’s $2.5 million gap.
Both have spent more than 20 years with Albemarle County Public Schools.
Sen. Kaine says gutting Pentagon offices designed to protect civilians should not have happened.
JMU’s Bob Roberts calls it the Reagan defense scenario, and if it lasts long enough, it could help Virginia cover rising healthcare costs.
Affordable housing was one of the session’s main topics.
Dr. Summerlyn Thompson, the current principal of Walker Upper Elementary, will take the helm of CMS in the next school year.
The majority of speakers asked the board to address affordability, particularly affordable housing.
Some feel Charlottesville City Schools has better places to focus city spending, but the district’s SROs won’t require additional funding.
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