Why was a 9.5% property tax increase on the table in Ravenel?

Any claim of a specific proposed rate for Ravenel at the level the question describes is not confirmed by a verified source, so that figure should not be treated as settled fact without checking the actual county budget documents. Proposed increases to a property tax rate go through public hearings held by the relevant county council and school board before anything is adopted, and residents can review and comment on those proposals directly. The final adopted rate for a given year comes from those bodies, not from an early proposal figure. Brian Beatty can point a Ravenel homeowner to where the current, adopted rate information is published.