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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm furious to find out that these private clubs not open to me to use and enjoy are being offered a lower tax rate than I pay for my own home.[/quote]

Curious here - how do you feel about all the private swim and tennis clubs in the area paying a lower tax rate? They don't have more than 50 acres but I'm pretty sure that they aren't paying residential rates. How about private schools? [/quote]

All of that needs to stop. Every bit of it.

The residential tax rate needs to be the BASE rate, the minimum rate, from which all other tax rates are benchmarked (except for agricultural property, since that’s obviously different).

Religious property needs to match residential assessments, business property needs to be higher, and private club or private school property (don’t care whether it’s a pool, tennis courts, church school, or whatever) needs to be the hightest of all. [/quote]

Our residential rates are ridiculous. So, if you proceed as you wish we won’t have any private pools, Rec centers (YMCA?), churches, or private schools. [/quote]

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