In an unconscionable slap to the property owners of Orange County, the tax-and-spend proud liberals who control the county commission are considering yet another hike in the property tax rate. The rate stands at a staggering 85.8 cents per $100 valuation. They have raised the rate 20 of the last 21 years.
To add insult to injury, their refusal to rule out a property tax rate hike comes as the commissioners get ready to adopt a formal resolution to put a quarter-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot — the same tax hike voters defeated in November.
Remember, this supposedly cash-starved county last year appropriated $45,000 for a breastfeeding consultant — just one of the items the progressives say is a core government service.
