Math is merciless. It is sad that there is no coherent strategy to invest in these places. If you take a $20,000 home and have policies that turn it into a $22,000 home -- an extremely low lift -- then you've grown your tax base by 10%. If feels like the assessors should be part of the solution if they thought strategically and had a seat at the table. It feels like they go through the motions without much consideration for how important their work is.
Math is merciless. It is sad that there is no coherent strategy to invest in these places. If you take a $20,000 home and have policies that turn it into a $22,000 home -- an extremely low lift -- then you've grown your tax base by 10%. If feels like the assessors should be part of the solution if they thought strategically and had a seat at the table. It feels like they go through the motions without much consideration for how important their work is.