“But at 74 cents, I believe we’re asking (the taxpayers) to pay the maximum.”  District 3 Supervisor Robert Cosby, Powhatan Today, April 5, 2006, p.1, Article “County sets budget at $63.5 million” 

The “effective (tax) rate increase” was over 21 percent last year at 74 cents per $100 of assessed real estate value when a revenue neutral rate (no tax increase) would have been 61 cents per $100 of assessed value on real estate. Powhatan Today, March 8, 2006, p. 5B.