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MEETING OF:
Augusta Citizens Against Unfair Assessments (ACAUA)
WHEN:
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at 7:00 pm
WHERE:
Verona United Methodist Church - Fellowship Hall
Rt. 11 in Verona (next to Burger King)
CONTACT PERSON:
Lynn Mitchell (LynnFromVa@aol.com)
www.swacgirl.blogspot.com
A meeting of "Augusta Citizens Against Unjust Assessments" will be held Tuesday night, February 3, at 7:00 pm at Verona United Methodist Church.
Augusta County citizens who are unhappy over what they consider to be unreasonably increased real estate assessments will meet with Churchville attorney Francis Chester who has vowed to bring a class action lawsuit against the Augusta County Board of Supervisors if they refuse to roll back assessements to the 2004 values.
Pastures Supervisor Tracy Pyles (D) has been invited to address the group.
Hundreds of petitions have been disseminated into the community with over 600 signatures collected in the first 48 hours. Petitions will be available Tuesday for citizens to sign and circulate for additional signatures.
All citizens will be encouraged to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at 7:00 pm at the Government Center in Verona.
The following locations have petitions available for signing. More locations are being added on a daily basis:
- Lacey Real Estate (Rt. 250 in Fishersville)
- Eavers Tire (Fishersville & Mint Spring)
- Charlie Obaugh Chevrolet (Staunton & Waynsboro)
- Middlebrook General Store (Middlebrook)
- Tractor Supply (Staunton)
- The Junction (Buffalo Gap)
- T-Bone Tooter's (Churchville)
- Jake's Convenience (Rt. 250 west of Staunton)
- Riverside Grocery (Churchville)
- Jiffy Mart (Grubert Avenue in Staunton)
- Greenville Country Store
- Family Dollar Store (Greenville)
- Bookkeeping Management (next to Waynesboro Court House)
- Ace Gift Store - Academy of CE, Inc. (Main St. in Waynesboro)
- Deerfield Convenience Store
- West Augusta Convenience Store
1 comment:
Hi Lynn, Good luck over there. We all just battled this over here in Nelson in 2008: http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2008/01/17/lovingston-did-you-get-your-property-tax-assessment-ohhhh-thought-so/
While we got some relief, and some appeals worked, the overwhelming response was to ignore the taxpayers and pass increases sometimes totaling 600% ! Do everything possible to stop this in it's tracks there in Augusta.
Good Luck!
Tommy
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