What is the value of keeping land rural in Albemarle County?
For some, the county is paying too much for its land-use taxation program, which allows landowners to defer hefty amounts of their real-estate tax bill on agricultural and open space land. The Farm Bureau and other rural-area advocates say the tenor of the discussion has changed, as some supervisors and residents are becoming increasingly hostile to a program they say is essential to keeping agricultural and other rural land activities in Albemarle.