Cumberland County's Tax Rate Keeps Rising!

Hello
I was going to chill out on politics but I read a letter to the editor in the Daily Journal and I had to join in. Here are some facts on the ever-increasing tax rate that the County keeps inposing on taxpayers of our county
The county tax rate has steadily increased from 2001 to the present:

Starting in 2001, the rate was $1.041 per $100 of assessed property value. In 2002, it increased 3.3 cents to $1.074.

In 2003, the rate increased 5.8 cents to $1.132.

In 2004, the rate increased 8.4 cents to $1.216.

In 2005, the rate increased 21.7 cents to $1.433.

In 2006, the rate increased 13.3 cents to $1.566. In 2007, the rate increased 12.3 cents to $1.689.

And in 2008, the rate increased 17.2 cents to $1.861.

To put these numbers into a meaningful perspective, I used a property with a net taxable valuation of $100,000. In 2002, the Cumberland County tax payable on this assumed property would be $1,074. Fast forward to 2008. The county tax rate of $1.861 would result in a bill of $1,861 for the property owner. In seven years, the resulting increase of $787 yielded a whopping 73 percent increase.

We need to work together in this county to attend meetings hold our County leaders accountable especially the most powerful man in the County!