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28 1 1 write to you to please ask your kind consideration of funding our schools at their full level of 2 request. I am a Chapel Hill taxpayer and I respectfully ask you to consider a tax increase that 3 will go directly to our school funding. 4 5 Unfortunately the state has left us high and dry - there is no one left to help education and save 6 our schools other than ourselves. As our county officials, we will rely on you to make this right 7 for the children of Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools. 8 Thank you so much for your consideration. 9 Laura Morgan 10 11 12 From: David Laudicina 13 Phone Number: 919-942-4444 14 Message: 15 May 29, 2014 16 Dear Commissioners: 17 1 am writing to request that you implement as the manager has proposed, a 2014 budget that 18 does not increase the Orange County property tax rate. 19 A recent Chapel Hill news article states that a state analysis shows the county's (Orange) 20 assessed (2009) property values are 5.5 percent higher than the market value of those 21 properties; Of course this is an average but in reality many Orange County properties suffer a 22 much higher discrepancy. In my neighborhood I am seeing a discrepancy of actual sales being 23 15%-19% lower than the 2009 valuations. This means that since 2009 many Orange County 24 property owners have been paying way more than their fair share of property taxes. Until the 25 next revaluation and the system are fairly balanced, I don't think any increases on the property 26 tax rate are warranted or prudent. 27 Also I am asking to consider ability to pay in your decision. Many retirees see as much as a 28 50% drop in their monthly income after they retire and collect Social Security. After a lifetime of 29 investing in their homes and building equity suddenly retirees experience a huge drop in their 30 ability to pay. 31 1 understand that given the state's position on funding education that these are really tough 32 times. I have also read many times that you all believe that Orange County relies too heavily on 33 residential property taxes to fund the budget. 34 You have done a marvelous job in holding the line on the property tax rate in the past few years 35 and am asking you to hold the line for 1 more year or even better until the next revaluation. You 36 are proposing a bond issue in the future. This will give the opportunity for voters to choose 37 whether they want to pay more property taxes. 38 Thank You 39 David Laudicina (laud9876bellsouth.net) Bingham Township 40 41 42 From: Matt Bailey 43 Phone Number: (678) 517-5317 44 Message: 45 1 am writing to comment during the Budget Public Hearing period to request that the board 46 reconsider the budget request of the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and, specifically, to 47 request the board add $2.7 million to the amount tentatively budgeted to the district for the 48 upcoming fiscal year. 49 50 Our community enjoys a long tradition of valuing exceptional public education and consistently 51 expresses overwhelming support for making the financial investment necessary to maintain that 52 excellence. However, fully funding our schools is also a solid investment in the stability of our