Assessments stink!
The article on “County assessments soaring” [Development News, January 30] makes me wonder how those of us within smelling distance of the County dump managed to get such valuable land. A good many of the land values within a mile of the County property had increases of 100 percent or more in the last two years. I would probably be overwhelmed if I went back 10 years.
A call to the number given in the pleasant-looking blue notice that came along with the assessment made matters only worse as the person to whom I spoke assured me that these increases were not at all unusual in this delightful area.
You are probably right that White Hall sees the biggest jump, but I can assure you that although I have been seeing excessive increases every one of the 30-some years I’ve lived here, this is the most absurd yet and convinces me that I have been right all along in my opinion concerning the management of Albemarle County.
J.B. Anderson
Charlottesville
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