The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a real estate purchase agreement for three properties to serve as a sports complex for $5,000,000. The total taxed assessed value of all 3 properties is $1,287,500 ($975,500 for Parcel 38-2-8, $312,000 for Parcel 38-1-11, and $0 for Parcel 38-11-12). All the properties have environment restrictions attached to them and are mostly zoned industrial.

Why is the county overpaying by almost four million over the tax assessed value? That is the five-million-dollar question especially when the county is cutting services in other areas such as employee insurance. Is this a good use of your taxpayer dollars? Is someone getting paid off by the county? Are their liens on any of those properties? Below are screenshots of the GIS map, tax assessed values, and executive summary of the purchase agreement all on the county website.