CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Following Monday night’s long explanation by City Manager Sam Sanders of the need for a two-cent real estate tax hike to help balance 2027 budget priorities, brand new City Councilor Jen Fleisher told WINA Morning News she’s leaning toward supporting it.
The proposal comes as she considers her first city budget.
“It is really a hazing to just throw a new councilor into budget, it’s true,” Fleisher said. “You’ve really got to get up to speed quickly on some things maybe you haven’t paid attention to before. You know, you can definitely have been engaged in City Council and have missed, oh, like line item 7,045 of the budget, so it’s a gentle learning curve at the moment.”…