Roanoke County has 2nd highest tax rate in Virginia

Marty Martin | September 17, 2009
  

Roanoke County has the second-highest tax rate in the state, up there with the Northern Virginia tall cotton.

According to published taxation records, the highest real estate taxed counties in Virginia in 2008  were:

  1. Loudoun County – $1.14/M
  2. Roanoke Country – $1.09/M
  3. Chesterfield County – $0.97/M
  4. Prince William County – $0.97/M
  5. Fairfax County – $0.92/M

Real estate taxes are assessed typically at a fixed dollar amount per $100 of value of a piece of real property.  For example, in Roanoke County, the real estate tax rate is $1.09/M, or said differently, $1.09 for every $100 of value in your home.  You can calculate the tax rate by dividing the tax assessed value of your home by 100, then multiplying that number by the tax rate of $1.09.

For example, if your home is tax assessed at $150,000 you would calculate as follows:

($150,000 ÷ 100) X $1.09 = $1,635 (this is what you owe in taxes)

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Is Ed Elswick the answer to big government in Roanoke County?

Marty Martin | September 15, 2009
  

Just who is Ed Elswick?

In the September/October 2009 edition of The Roanoker, we take a look at this surprise win of this political newcomer over three-time incumbent Roanoke County Supervisor Joe McNamara.

“It is time that people stood up and said let’s stop this and put common sense into how we should run our government … Rural areas like Catawba and Bent Mountain are still ignored by the county administration. And that’s okay – we want to be left alone. But there are things that happen that show us that we aren’t left alone.”

“They threaten up here to close our schools. At one point they took away our two permanent fire fighters. We want more of a say as to what the county does. The rural areas are so important to the citizens. We get tons of visitors coming to us. We felt like we needed a voice to what the county affairs are all about.”

-Ed Elswick

Read more about Ed Elswick and his campaign for Windsor Hills District Supervisor for the County of Roanoke in the September/October 2009 edition of The Roanoker.

You can also visit Ed’s campaign website at edelswick.com.

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