Paul Hampel’s front-page article in your October 22nd edition should prompt exponential growth in the number of residential and commercial property owners outraged by the abuses of power that characterize the appeals process. Hampel deserves a Pulitzer Prize for exposing…
Dear Editor,
In a recent Post-Dispatch Editorial on county real estate assessment dated February 6th, County Executive Dooley’s Chief of Staff Garry Earls was quoted as saying “if you’re upset with the assessment rules, you’ll have to complain to the Missouri…
The final paragraph of a Sunday letter clearly states what should be the focus of property tax; to clearly reflect the real value of property—-what a buyer has paid for it–and to assess taxes at the time of sale. The…
Regarding “Assessing Assessment” (Feb 8th) you tell us that Mr. Earls likes to tell (lecture) us that if assessments go down, i.e. truly reflect housing values, “it would wreak havoc on schools, fire districts, city government and dozens of other…
I am referring to the letter on the Opinion page written by Mr. Phil Vonder Haar of Webster Groves. The subject was “We gave at the office” published on January 22, 2009.
I live in Affton and had a 22 percent…
Reference St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Voters Guide”, covering the primary elections, August 1, 2008. I read where Ms. Kathleen Kelly Burkett (D) is running again for St. Louis County Council Member 2nd District. I was shocked at her ludicrous 3rd priority statement that…
Now that candidates are starting to mail their campaign material, it’s time for us to note their “experience” to see if they helped gouge the property owners in the recent tax confiscation.
If they are former members of a council or…
Back on November 11, 2007, in the editorial ‘Through the Roof’, The Post-Dispatch concluded with “we believe taxes should be raised lawfully and apportioned fairly. The property tax system in St. Louis County fails on both counts.”
Yes, it does fail…
I totally agree with Rep. Chuck Portwood, “Legislators to debate reassessment tax rates” Feb 19th, SB711 will do nothing for taxpayers relative to reassessments. Expanding the property tax credit (circuit breaker) will have no impact on reassessments. He correctly states…
Is Representative Jane Cunningham (Dist 86) the only one that recognizes the real problem with the current property tax system?
The issue is not age or income level. The issue is an out of control assessment system.
HB1471 - Predictable Property Tax…
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