We have taken somewhat of a break but are now fully back in the saddle getting organized for forums starting on Saturday, April 17th through the end of May, assisting homeowners on protesting their property taxes. (For details coming soon, please check back here and/or sign up to get our emails on right hand side of this page.)
For years, one of our co-founders, local businessman Brian Rodgers, has been blowing the whistle on the real estate industry that is promoting growth for growth’s sake, and offloading the costs of it onto the backs of ordinary citizens. (Brian’s the dude who led the fight to stop the Domain luxury shopping mall subsidies, which narrowly failed at the polls in 2008. Read more at Who Killed Prop 2?) He also started a fact/data site on the Costs of Growth here.)
In August 2009, Rodgers started exposing the growth lobby’s dirty little secret — that large-scale commercial properties and raw land are being undervalued throughout the county (and state for that matter) by an average of 40%. Government taxing authorities have known this for 4 years, but so far have done nothing about it. Guess who’s picking up the tab – homeowners and renters, that’s who!
Citizens are getting set to protest unfair appraisals. We want taxing authorities (the City, County, School Districts, etc.) to fight on behalf of ordinary citizens – many of whom are being driven out of our homes.
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