Property Taxes

The city in which I live is beautiful with perfect weather.  It is also quite backward, with corrupt politics (rampant with nepotism and a good ol’ boys club mentality), terrible public schools, and a complete lack of planning and forward thinking.  That is why I should not have been shocked to receive a property tax bill that is up 47% from last year, when market values in my neighborhood are down 10%.  I researched the tax records for my entire neighborhood, and ours is the only one that went up so much.  Most only went up 3% (there is supposed to be a 3% cap), and some even went down 5%.  I have since learned that everyone who bought a house in 2006 (that would be us) had a tax hike of nearly 50%.  Well, that makes perfect sense, now doesn’t it?  Only here, and in Alice’s Wonderland.

Good Morning

From Marina Isabella