Christmas Reassessment

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | December 18, 2011

No. 774

The County Assessors really do have a heart.  They tried to keep from delivering the first batch of reassessment notices  before Christmas.  But Judge Wettick would have none of it.

I must admit, I didn’t initially give Rich Fitzgerald credit for shrewd thinking.  It was puzzling that the County Council rushed to pass a one mill tax increase almost immediately after the election.  But, upon reflection, the answer is simple.  They can’t pass more than a nominal tax increase in a reassessment year. Moreover, once the numbers start to trickle out, there won’t be any political cover for tax increases.

Smart.

K Mart Smart.

CLT

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