The proposal to allow localities to raise sales tax for schools does not solve Virginia’s school funding problem. It shifts responsibility away from the commonwealth and onto local governments, while deepening inequities between regions that already operate on vastly different financial footing.
Chris Faraldi
Faraldi is a member of Lynchburg City Council. He is a Republican.
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We stood ground. They raised taxes.
On a 4-3 vote, at the eleventh-hour, city council adopted a $0.84 real estate tax rate, an increase from the equalized rate of $0.767. That is a direct, measurable hike on Lynchburg homeowners — plain and simple.
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Lynchburg needs a solution. That’s why we are proposing the ‘No Car Tax Plan.’
Lynchburg can be the first locality in Virginia to do what people have wanted for decades: end the car tax — and do it responsibly.
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Lynchburg’s new Republican majority set to deliver on its pledge — elected school board, more police, tax cuts
November’s election installed a new majority in the Hill City. Republican council member outlines an agenda.