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A hot topic
What one courthouse pundit called this week “the hottest issue in the county right now” isn’t the November General Election, or even our 7-0 Washington Redskins. He was speaking, of course, of the property reassessments mailed out last week, and the seemingly endless line of those waiting their turn in front of the Board of Assessors to appeal. Judging from the irate looks of those going into the appeal room, and the even more irate looks of those coming out, the 1991 reassessment has managed to make very few property owners happy.
Of course, about half of them are going to relax next year when they open their tax bills and see that their actual taxes went down slightly (fewer than half if the supervisors decide we need more tax revenue, but that’s a completely separate issue and should be considered as such).
The other half will be even more incensed, as their tax bills will increase. Folks, that’s inevitable; |ind no reason to attack the Board of Assessors or the process itself.
Now, there are arguments on both sides, one that says higher assessments are better, one that would keep them as low as possible. Let’s examine them.
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