So you can play games with the tax rate, but the tax levy, the amount of property taxes the county collects, that you can't manipulate quite so easy. But In 2013, our property tax collections, that tax levy or was $100,000 more than it is in 2024. So we've held the line on property taxes. More than that, we've reduced the size of government, and that's how we've been able to hold that line. (06:37–06:45)
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Asserts a decrease in property tax collections in Washington County from 2013 to 2024.
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