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xoxoxoBruce · 03-04-2020, 01:35 AM

Got a letter from the County. We're doing a reassessment of properties and your assessment is tripled.
Go to the website specified, get 90% through scheduling a hearing, it freezes up.
Call the phone number on the website and get a recording saying they're experiencing unexpected call volume, call back later.
Triple my assessment and you don't expect me to call? You do not want me to come there, motherfucker.

Griff · 03-04-2020, 07:25 AM

Scrape the paint off the house, set some goats loose, and put a couple Fords for your front yard. How the hell does it get tripled? That's nuts.

Clodfobble · 03-04-2020, 09:55 AM

I bet it was an error that affected lots of people, and that's what caused the crashed site and unexpected call volume.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-04-2020, 10:22 AM

No, not an error. Court ordered county wide reassessment by this outfit, they send a assessment based on maps and real estate sales over the last couple years. But they don't know the intricacies of the area.
They know what's coming, they've designated four locations for these 20 minute interviews, seven days a week during March, April and May. So I get to argue with them, then they give the final number to the county.
At that point I can(will) appeal to the county assessment board who are familiar with local intricacies and go through it again. If I don't like their number I can sue or appeal again in a year.

glatt · 03-04-2020, 10:51 AM

What a pain in the ass.

Around here, they like to pee on us and tell us it's raining.

"We're lowing property tax rates! Aren't we wonderful!"

*government lowers the tax rate a hundredth of a percentage point*

*then government raises the assessed value of each home by 5%, causing the actual tax owed to go up by $500.*

Rinse and repeat, year after year.

Obviously, I'm making these numbers up for illustrative purposes, but they are very close to the truth.

Happy Monkey · 03-04-2020, 01:40 PM

On the other hand (maybe this isn't the case for you) the assessed value typically is less than what similar homes are actually selling for.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-05-2020, 02:09 AM

What prompted this the first time years ago was the people buying McMansions for a half a million bucks complained that ma and Pa Kettle who have lived in their house since WW II are paying less taxes when they both have the same number of bedrooms. Of course 5 of the Kettles 6 bedrooms are unused except when the children/grandchildren come home for Christmas, whereas the McMansionites have 4 spawn in school where most of the taxes go. They are also the ones telling the schools they need more of every thing that doesn't help educate the kids. The local school board paid some consultant $500,000 to investigate ways to make the high school look less like a school.

I stay away from the whole thing to avoid arrest.

Also, traditionally houses were reassessed when they changed hands either by sale or inheritance.

BigV · 03-10-2020, 10:58 PM

I do not give a fuck.

monster · 03-11-2020, 10:24 AM

I'm beyond miserable. The hits keep on coming. I don't know how to make it better. I don't want to be a zombie on drugs and as my health insurance is costing $1000+ a month that I don't have, that won't be an issue for long anyway. I just can't list all the things. It's too horrible. 2nd anniversary of Beest's death is friday too. I honestly can't imagine that's going to make it worse. Living without him is not living.

limey · 03-11-2020, 12:13 PM

Oh monster! I am so sorry.

Griff · 03-11-2020, 03:44 PM

fargon · 03-11-2020, 04:45 PM

Me too.

Undertoad · 03-11-2020, 05:08 PM

dammit

glatt · 03-11-2020, 05:14 PM

Monster, I'm really sorry life is so rough right now. I wish I could make it better.

Flint · 03-11-2020, 05:52 PM

I don't have any magical wisdom, but I'm glad you're talking about it.

03-04-2020, 01:35 AM	#11221
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Got a letter from the County. We're doing a reassessment of properties and your assessment is tripled. Go to the website specified, get 90% through scheduling a hearing, it freezes up. Call the phone number on the website and get a recording saying they're experiencing unexpected call volume, call back later. Triple my assessment and you don't expect me to call? You do not want me to come there, motherfucker. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-04-2020, 07:25 AM	#11222
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Scrape the paint off the house, set some goats loose, and put a couple Fords for your front yard. How the hell does it get tripled? That's nuts. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-04-2020, 09:55 AM	#11223
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I bet it was an error that affected lots of people, and that's what caused the crashed site and unexpected call volume. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-04-2020, 10:22 AM	#11224
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, not an error. Court ordered county wide reassessment by this outfit, they send a assessment based on maps and real estate sales over the last couple years. But they don't know the intricacies of the area. They know what's coming, they've designated four locations for these 20 minute interviews, seven days a week during March, April and May. So I get to argue with them, then they give the final number to the county. At that point I can(will) appeal to the county assessment board who are familiar with local intricacies and go through it again. If I don't like their number I can sue or appeal again in a year. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-04-2020, 01:40 PM	#11226
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	On the other hand (maybe this isn't the case for you) the assessed value typically is less than what similar homes are actually selling for. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

03-04-2020, 10:51 AM	#11225
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What a pain in the ass. Around here, they like to pee on us and tell us it's raining. "We're lowing property tax rates! Aren't we wonderful!" government lowers the tax rate a hundredth of a percentage point then government raises the assessed value of each home by 5%, causing the actual tax owed to go up by $500. Rinse and repeat, year after year. Obviously, I'm making these numbers up for illustrative purposes, but they are very close to the truth.

03-05-2020, 02:09 AM	#11227
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What prompted this the first time years ago was the people buying McMansions for a half a million bucks complained that ma and Pa Kettle who have lived in their house since WW II are paying less taxes when they both have the same number of bedrooms. Of course 5 of the Kettles 6 bedrooms are unused except when the children/grandchildren come home for Christmas, whereas the McMansionites have 4 spawn in school where most of the taxes go. They are also the ones telling the schools they need more of every thing that doesn't help educate the kids. The local school board paid some consultant $500,000 to investigate ways to make the high school look less like a school. I stay away from the whole thing to avoid arrest. Also, traditionally houses were reassessed when they changed hands either by sale or inheritance. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2020, 10:58 PM	#11228
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I do not give a fuck. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-11-2020, 10:24 AM	#11229
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm beyond miserable. The hits keep on coming. I don't know how to make it better. I don't want to be a zombie on drugs and as my health insurance is costing $1000+ a month that I don't have, that won't be an issue for long anyway. I just can't list all the things. It's too horrible. 2nd anniversary of Beest's death is friday too. I honestly can't imagine that's going to make it worse. Living without him is not living. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-11-2020, 12:13 PM	#11230
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Oh monster! I am so sorry. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-11-2020, 03:44 PM	#11231
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	__________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-11-2020, 04:45 PM	#11232
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Me too. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

03-11-2020, 05:08 PM	#11233
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	dammit

03-11-2020, 05:14 PM	#11234
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Monster, I'm really sorry life is so rough right now. I wish I could make it better.

03-11-2020, 05:52 PM	#11235
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't have any magical wisdom, but I'm glad you're talking about it. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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