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title: "Greer Asks Court to Toss Tax Rollback and ForGreer Lawsuit"
url: https://www.heregreer.com/2026/11/04/greer-asks-court-to-toss-tax-rollback-forgreer-lawsuit/
date: 2026-11-04T06:33:39-05:00
modified: 2026-11-04T06:33:39-05:00
author: "Israel Logan"
categories: ["Politics"]
site: "HERE Greer"
attribution: "HERE Greer"
---

# Greer Asks Court to Toss Tax Rollback and ForGreer Lawsuit

> GREER, S.C. — The City of Greer wants a Greenville County judge to throw out a lawsuit that targets both its property tax rate and the nonprofit it set up to pay for its biggest building projects. Their response, lodged on Oct. 7 with the county’s Court of Common Pleas, rejects every claim. Defendants named

*Source: [HERE Greer](https://www.heregreer.com/2026/11/04/greer-asks-court-to-toss-tax-rollback-forgreer-lawsuit/) — November 4, 2026 by Israel Logan*

GREER, S.C. — The City of Greer wants a Greenville County judge to throw out a lawsuit that targets both its property tax rate and the nonprofit it set up to pay for its biggest building projects.

Their response, lodged on Oct. 7 with the county’s Court of Common Pleas, rejects every claim. Defendants named are the city, Mayor Rick Danner, the council and Corporation ForGreer, and they want the case dismissed with their legal costs covered.

Former state Sen. Lewis Vaughn is among the plaintiffs, joined by several other residents and a statewide advocacy group, the S.C. Public Interest Foundation. Its first claim deals with the 2025 county reassessment. State law makes local governments roll back tax rates after values are updated so revenue stays flat. Greer cut its rate by 2 mills, and the plaintiffs say the cut should have been 6 mills.

The city answers that its millage was lawful, that debt-service millage is exempt from some rollback limits, and that gaps between taxpayers come from Greenville and Spartanburg counties reassessing on different schedules.

The second claim targets Corporation ForGreer, a 501(c)(3) the city created in 2024. It issues bonds, buys capital assets and leases them back to Greer. That structure is paying for the Prisma Health Performance Center, plus a new fire station, a training center for police and fire crews, and downtown parking, roughly $100 million in work. The plaintiffs say it lets the city borrow past its constitutional limit without a referendum.

Greer disputes the debt math. The suit treats about $23.6 million as the city’s assessed value, while the city says that number is its 8% debt cap and that total assessed value is near $294.6 million.

The suit asks the court to force lower tax rates going forward but does not seek refunds. Much of the work is already done: the public safety training site began operating in September, and the performance center is due in 2027. The court has not ruled.