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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (89211)	9/14/2007 12:57:25 PM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Congrats on your tax break! Just saw in a local news rag that some of my fellow zip-code dwellers are raising hell over a "community center tax surcharge" that we local folks have to pay for a facility which only a small percentage of the population actually uses. The Center has a budget surplus and big plans for millions of dollars worth of expansion. Because of the anger coming from the over-taxed captive population, Center officials are "considering" reducing the surcharge from 2.8 cents-per-$100-of-assessed-real-estate-value to......... 2.6 cents. Gee thanks, people. I agree with the argument that property assessments have skyrocketed, and a government-sponsored facility running a surplus and using its facility to host art classes, exercise classes, cooking classes, book-readings and similar "worthy" activities does not deserve to pocket more money at my expense. The only worthwhile thing that center does, in my opinion and experience, is provide space for the local high schools to hold drug/alcohol-free graduation nights and a summer camp program for little kids. If you were able to get your tax reduced by simply visiting the assessor's office and actually talking to somebody, you are lucky. They won't allow that method of appeal in my county. They require a full-fledged written appeal, which must conform to their format and rules. If they let angry taxpayers meet at the county government office building to discuss their assessments, the place would need SWAT-team security and would be stormed by angry people.