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The school board has issues because the Council has major issues. It is a problem of demographics.  The City have completely squeezed out the middle class so the City is now a place for the wealthy and the poor.  So the wealthy will continue to see their taxes go up to completely support the poor.  [/quote]

That is absolutely not true.  There are middle class people all over Alexandria, from older SFHs in West Alexandria, to THs in Warwick Village, to condos in Landmark, to apartments in Del Ray.

[b]As for taxes, the property tax rate just went down[/b], and is lower than in Fairfax.  
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Please be more careful, PP. It's important to speak the truth.

Regarding Alexandria City residential property taxes, the majority of Alexandria City assessments went up (see below). However, i[b]n light of an election year, our Council just voted to kept our residential real estate estate tax rate the same [/b]@$1.13/100 assessed (March 14, 2018).

[quote]At the Feb. 13 City Council meeting, information on assessments was released[b]. Locally assessed real property continued to increase, this year by 2.35 percent, from Jan. 1, 2017 to Jan. 1, 2018. The highest increases are in the residential tax base, which increased 3.4 percent or $751 million[/b]. The commercial tax base increased by .93 percent, or $225 million.[/quote]
[url]http://www.alexandriagazette.com/news/2018/feb/19/assessments-alexandria-residential-properties-incr/[/url]

[url]WASHINGTON — The Alexandria City Council voted unanimously against any 2019 tax increases for real estate, vehicles or business tangible property[/url][/quote]

Sorry, assessments going up as the value of properties increases is NOT a tax increase.  If property values dropped and your assessment went down would you call it a "tax cut" ? People never do - that meme only goes one way.  If you are really upset about your assessment increase, I bet you could find someone willing to pay the extra taxes in exchange for getting your capital gain when you eventually sell or bequeath the property.  [/quote]

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