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I spoke with a very pleasant person who said, “No. We are not scheduling any more appointments. The deadline was December 27.” I objected, and was politely told I could write a letter. Say what? These things were sent out just before the biggest holiday of the year ... at least for the poor Christians ... and that’s all the time you have to make an appointment?Something is broken.
The other silliness is the part about, ‘don’t worry about the value of your assessments, the board of supervisors will change the tax rate, and your taxes will remain about the same.’ That’s not the case. How do I know? I know because my taxes keep going up. And I wouldn’t even mind that indignity ... the price we pay for progress ... if we all suffered about the same. But, the plain fact is this: If the assessments on my property are increased exponentially higher than the average increase, then my new taxes, no matter the rate, are going to increase at a faster rate than the average taxpayer. And, that, my friend, is patently unfair.
But, that’s okay, you see, because if the assessors, or the process being used, results in an individual being treated so egregiously, then that citizen has the opportu
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