Commissioner Pat Tillman told the Rhino Times he believes Guilford County commissioners should seriously consider adopting a revenue neutral tax rate in the wake of the sharply higher 2026 property revaluation – and he also said he thinks he may already have four votes lined up to try.
Tillman, a Republican member of the nine-member board, said he’s been flooded with calls, emails and texts from concerned residents since the new property values were released.
“I’ve had more phone calls and emails and texts than I have – I mean it’s comparable to when I was on the Board of Ed during COVID and we were trying to get kids back in schools,” Tillman said in a recent interview. “Just the sheer volume of people that are concerned from every part of the county – north, south, east and west – it’s touching every community.”…