The following question has been emailed to all candidates for Mecklenburg County Commission:

With the softening local economy as a backdrop, and mindful of the pending re-valuation of Mecklenburg County’s property tax base, do you support or oppose a reduction in the county property tax rate to a revenue-neutral number?

If you oppose adoption of a revenue-neutral tax rate, how would you advise local property taxpayers to prepare for higher property tax bills, 10 to 20 percent higher in many cases, during an economic recession?

Thank you for your time and your service to our community. Responses will be posted at MeckDeck.com, unedited and in their entirety as they are received.

Let’s see what we get.