Submitted by Durham Property Owner (not verified) on November 20, 2007 - 3:16pm.
This is completely ludicris from the perspective of our neighborhood. Most of the homes are not single family homes and are very poorly maintained, as is the neighborhood infrastructure, sewers, lighting, etc.
The real value of houses on our street has plumeted due to this and a poor housing market, yet the govermnet appraised value rises.
I believe this is merely a backwards integrated way to balance their inflated budgets by raising taxes on the back end (OUR BACK ENDS!)
And, this came to light right AFTER the elections.
Property Re-Valuation
This is completely ludicris from the perspective of our neighborhood. Most of the homes are not single family homes and are very poorly maintained, as is the neighborhood infrastructure, sewers, lighting, etc.
The real value of houses on our street has plumeted due to this and a poor housing market, yet the govermnet appraised value rises.
I believe this is merely a backwards integrated way to balance their inflated budgets by raising taxes on the back end (OUR BACK ENDS!)
And, this came to light right AFTER the elections.
Hummmm………………..