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When does a debate cross the line from the mechanics of zoning to dictating to an owner what kind of business should occupy his property.

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Foreman’s debate

The  updated tax values of property in Corolla will not take place unitl 2013 for Currituck County, but the anticipation is that values will dramatically decrease. County officials have been at work planning for the change in valuation.  Local experts believe that a tax burden could be passed to property owners on the mainland

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Corolla Property Tax Values Expected to Decrease

“I’m asking for you to suck it up and help us to get through this,” Mayor Pro Tem Bob Woodard told town employees Kill Devil Hills commissioners rejected a proposal to add 2 cents to the property tax and told the town’s staff to rework the budget for the coming fiscal year. Mayor Ray Sturza directed

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KDH commissioners say no to a tax increase

Reorganizing fire station shifts and making cuts in every town department will help Nags Head save more than $190,000 in the coming fiscal year, but it would still take a 1-cent increase in the property tax to balance the budget. full story ?

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Nags Head wants to look at 1-cent tax hike

Cuts will include job losses if the Board of Commissioners decides not to raise the property tax by 2 cents. The board is still several weeks away from deciding on a budget, but it is already looking at numbers that don’t leave many options

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Nags Head also juggles tax question