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Resident accuses Roanoke city officials of deceptive handling of proposed real‑estate tax change
Summary
A resident told council the city’s statements at a public hearing mischaracterized a statutory tax-rate reduction triggered by rising revenue, arguing the resolution effectively proposes raising the real-estate tax rate and that the public hearing may have been improperly combined with the budget hearing.
A Roanoke resident told City Council on Thursday that public statements made before a budget hearing misled the public about a possible real‑estate tax increase and flagged a potential violation of state notice rules.
David Garland said council members and the city attorney told the public there was “no proposal to increase the real estate tax rate,” but he argued that under the state code language cited at the hearing the rate would automatically have to fall to…
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