Freestone County taxable values hit 16-year low

  • Chart showing the taxable values for Freestone County from 2003-2019. The $2.2 billion 2019 figure is lowest since 2003.
    Chart showing the taxable values for Freestone County from 2003-2019. The $2.2 billion 2019 figure is lowest since 2003.
Taxable values in Freestone county have taken a 16-year rise and fall, coming back around to 2003 levels this year and leaving taxing entities to solve the political math problem of figuring tax rates to generate needed revenue. As Freestone Central Appraisal District Chief Appraiser Bud Black, whose job it is to attach a market value to all taxable property in Freestone County, put it: “The old…

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