LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Higher real estate property values lead to a tax increase
      Dear Editor, Thanks for the article on property assessments [Jan. 31] in Chesterfield County by Greg Pearson. This should be a hot topic this year because of the huge jump in property assessments. Here is an opportunity to educate people as to how the system works. The assessor needs to do his ...
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Dear Editor,
      A county official espousing that the 17 percent rise in assessments was a good thing for Chesterfield homeowners? Really … and what might those benefits be? As the "rising tide" has lifted all boats, a resident would have to pay as much, if not more, for comparable housing elsewhere. The hi...
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Dear Editor,
      For the second year in a row, my property taxes have increased secondary to a combined 27 percent increase in my assessed property values. Tax increases occurred two years prior to that time totaling three tax increases out of the five years I have lived here, the most recent increases based upon a...
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Greenacres rezoning case is explained to county residents
Dear Editor,
      Thank you for the article [Jan. 24] you wrote on [the] Greenacres [rezoning] being denied. We appreciate [your newspaper] sharing all sides of the situation with the residents of Chesterfield County. You did a great job laying out the issue and the concerns in a way that anyone reading would be abl...
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Newspaper should have run Hastings' photo
Dear Editor,
      The January 24th edition's coverage "The Race for Matoaca's Supervisor seat is wide open" appears to carry a seemingly innocuous slight to one of the other prominent candidates - Mr. Bill Hastings. Specifically, the absence of his photograph among the contenders. The article provides an evenhanded...
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Citizens should write legislators about roads
Dear Editor,
      Thank you for your articles on transportation. They clearly show that because of our legislators' failure to live up to their obligation to provide for roads, our county government is being forced to carry some of the burden. What many citizens don't realize is that for every one cent of the real e...
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