tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post3054165923368100288..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Of Assessments and TaxesCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-75115666572587123702012-02-26T15:28:12.038-05:002012-02-26T15:28:12.038-05:00Clearly the "reval" done most recently b...Clearly the "reval" done most recently by the Assessor from his office was deeply, disturbingly flawed. It raises too many questions to pose here in a reply but they are somewhat obvious, too, I think. That the Hudson Fabrics property was over assessed by $1.4m is simply staggering. If there's a reason why the current $2.1m assessment is permitted to continue after this -- forcing both the City and the new owner to incur needless expense -- I'd like to hear it directly from the assessor or the City Attorney.John K. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514407793203424954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-13908532502819723862012-02-25T14:02:39.274-05:002012-02-25T14:02:39.274-05:00And why is it that the assessor who caused this pr...And why is it that the assessor who caused this problem is still in office?Ellen Thurstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686459169580076405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-11922040667277300022012-02-25T10:40:08.871-05:002012-02-25T10:40:08.871-05:00As a member of the school board, I see tons of the...As a member of the school board, I see tons of these property tax boondoggles. And it's so ironic -- tragically so -- that an assessment that even the mayor pronounced "flawed" was allowed to stand. The other not-so-funny fact is that while the appeals court can wash its hands of the injustice, the school district, which was a defendant in the original suit,has been shelling out thousands of dollars in reimbursements to property owners who filed separate grievances -- much like the Hudson Fabrics petition -- to rectify the "flawed" assessments. So, in winning, the school district actually lost. And we continue to lose as long as our assessment system, which includes subsidizing corporations with Payments in Lieu of Taxes, is broken. --peter meyerPeter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.com