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Thanks for your attention and efforts, Christina Hinkle Mother of 3 public school children From: Laura Morgan Phone Number: 9196244946 Message: Dear Commissioners, I write to you to please ask your kind consideration of funding our schools at their full level of request. I am a Chapel Hill taxpayer and I respectfully ask you to consider a tax increase that will go directly to our school funding. Unfortunately the state has left us high and dry - there is no one left to help education and save our schools other than ourselves. As our county officials, we will rely on you to make this right for the children of Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools. Thank you so much for your consideration. Laura Morgan From: David Laudicina Phone Number: 919-942-4444 Message: May 29, 2014 Dear Commissioners: I am writing to request that you implement as the manager has proposed, a 2014 budget that does not increase the Orange County property tax rate. A recent Chapel Hill news article states that a state analysis shows the county's (Orange) assessed (2009) property values are 5.5 percent higher than the market value of those properties; Of course this is an average but in reality many Orange County properties suffer a much higher discrepancy. In my neighborhood I am seeing a discrepancy of actual sales being 15%-19% lower than the 2009 valuations. This means that since 2009 many Orange County property owners have been paying way more than their fair share of property taxes. Until the next revaluation and the system are fairly balanced, I don't think any increases on the property tax rate are warranted or prudent. Also I am asking to consider ability to pay in your decision. Many retirees see as much as a 50% drop in their monthly income after they retire and collect Social Security. After a lifetime of investing in their homes and building equity suddenly retirees experience a huge drop in their ability to pay. I understand that given the state's position on funding education that these are really tough times. I have also read many times that you all believe that Orange County relies too heavily on residential property taxes to fund the budget. You have done a marvelous job in holding the line on the property tax rate in the past few years and am asking you to hold the line for 1 more year or even better until the next revaluation. You are proposing a bond issue in the future. This will give the opportunity for voters to choose whether they want to pay more property taxes. ThankYou David Laudicina (laud9876(a�bellsouth.net) Bingham Township From: Matt Bailey Phone Number: (678) 517-5317 Message: I am writing to comment during the Budget Public Hearing period to request that the board reconsider the budget request of the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and, specifically, to