County Commission Scorecard: The votes to raise property taxes

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 10, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Published: June 10, 2021 4:00 AM CT

Our scorecard of critical Shelby County Commission votes tracks the set of votes this week that led to the approval of a one-cent increase in the recertified county property tax rate. The votes were more complex than usual with some parliamentary drama that almost brings down the curtain on another county budget season.

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County Commission Scorecard 2021 budget season Shelby County property tax property reappraisal

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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