Reappraisal woes in Pittsylvania County Virginia
Pittsylvania County faces state mandated fair market value appraisals for real property. Land values rise dramatically from 100 to 500 dollars per acre, threatening tax revenues. Board of Assessors must align with the State Department of Real Estate Appraisal and Mapping, prompting concerns over definition of market value and tax impacts on farmers, timberland, and development.
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Pittsylvania County
General Assembly
Virginia
Pittsylvania
Board of Assessors
Virginia Department of Real Estate
Irania Board of Assessors
Board of Supervisors
Riley C. Dalton
Pittsylvania Board of Assessors
Dalton
Why did the United States get involved in Angola
William F Buckley Jr questions the Angola involvement and argues that the nation should have avoided commitment or pulled out quietly. He critiques Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford, notes Congress opposition to aid, and recalls Vietnam’s fate as a cautionary parallel while asking why similar entanglements recur in places like Formosa, Yugoslavia, Turkey, and Israel.
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Anthony Lewis
New York Times
Angola
Congress
MPLA
Air
Lewis
Henry Kissinnger
Gerald Ford
Ford
Kissinger
Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Mexico
Alamo
Mr. Ford
Ronald Reagan
Henry Jackson
Reagan
Mr. Lewis
Formosa
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Israel
Max Cleland
Lithonia
Georgia
Washington, D.C
Khe Sanh
Cleland
Nielsen Decision Disturbs Big Labor in Washington
Ralph de Toledano reports on the National Right to Work Committee’s battles with Big Labor over Taft-Hartley Section 14b and the failed “common situs” picketing bill. The NATWC mobilized mass mail, full-page ads, and 600000 letters to President Ford, influencing the veto that blocked secondary boycotts in construction.
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Washington
Afl-Cig
Congress
NATWC
Ford
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Big Labor
David
Goliath
Treasury
Valley of Acho sermon ties Max Cleland to hope
A preacher recounts Hosea and the Valley of Achor as a doorway to hope linked to Max Cleland, Vietnam veteran and former senator candidate. Cleland, missing limbs from the Vietnam War, speaks of freedom and optimism, inspiring a message that troubles can launch personal strength and civic courage.
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Mosea
God
Achor
Israel
Joshua
Canaan
Hosea
Achan
Max Cleland
Max
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Valley of Trouble
America
Harry Emerson Fesdie
Valley of Death
Max Clelands
Can United States Afford Its Future
An editorial argues that job creation hinges on private investment capital, not government programs. It critiques liberal calls for make work jobs, notes Brookings estimates on affordability with surpluses, and cites high capital needs per new job in mining and manufacturing to urge clarity on how best to create private sector employment.
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Ford
Angola
New Hampshire
Soviet Union
America
Brookings Institution
Brookings
Congress
Washington
Arizona Desert
Right-Wing Unity Emerges From 1974 Conservative Conference
Washington reports a consolidating conservative movement after the third Conservative Political Action Conference. About 500 attendees, led by the American Conservative Union and Young Americans for Freedom, backed Ronald Reagan for president while signaling rising coordination among groups, including National Review, Human Events, and various issue committees, and showing closer ties between Republicans, Democrats, and new-party activists.
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American Conservative Union
Young Americans For Freedom
U.S
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Alabama
George C. Wallace
National Review
Gan
Sears
Wallace
Snider
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Nielsen
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L. D. Johnson
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National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation
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Philip Crane
William Rusher
Milton Friedman
Patrick Buchanan
F. Clifton White
Phyllis Schlafly
John Sears
Charles Snider
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National Tax Limitation Committee
Americans For Effective Law Enforcement
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