According to the Danville Register & Bee, Pittsylvania County is in an uproar over a proposed 20-cent property tax increase on agricultural landowners.  Currenty the county participates in Virginia's land use program, which allows it to tax agricultural land at a lower rate to incentivize agricultural uses.  The Board of Supervisors is opposed to the Commission of Revenue's recommendation. The increase would affect nearly 1,500 landowners in the county.

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