Pressured by outraged taxpayers, the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors last night approved a 19-cent reduction in the real estate tax rate—still not satisfying the public’s demand. The board voted 4-1 to set a rate of 68 cents per $100 assessed value, slashing it from the current 87 cents. The decision came after an emotional public hearing at which about two dozen residents denounced the significant rise in recent property reassessments and demanded a big-enough reduction in the rate to offset the increase.

The Prince George County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to keep tax rates unchanged. Officials voted unanimously to maintain the real estate tax rate of 80 cents per $100 of assessed value and $4 per $100 of personal property value. At the average value—$212,500—for residential property in the county, a homeowner would pay about $1,700 in real estate taxes this year.