Comments on: Atlanta Metro’s Tax Assessment Problem Not Present in Decatur http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/07/atlanta-metros-tax-assessment-problem-not-present-in-decatur/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 04 Nov 2013 03:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: hack http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/07/atlanta-metros-tax-assessment-problem-not-present-in-decatur/#comment-24395 hack Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:42:40 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24395 More proof of Decatur’s favored nation status in the real estate world.

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/07/atlanta-metros-tax-assessment-problem-not-present-in-decatur/#comment-24375 DEM Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:53:29 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24375 “If you’re a city or county government unprepared to deal with massive services cuts or a political leader unwilling to propose a tax increase, probably so.”

There is no difference between an increase in millage, on the one hand, and artificially inflating assessed values, on the other hand. Both are different paths to the same destination. Of course, as you suggest, one is easier for the politicians to slip by most people than the other. That’s because it is fundamentally dishonest.

]]> By: Eric http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/12/07/atlanta-metros-tax-assessment-problem-not-present-in-decatur/#comment-24351 Eric Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:37:47 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-24351 Sometimes I can’t tell who is more corrupt and inept; the county property tax appraisal bureaucrats or the property appraisers who “value” your home for purchase/refinance. What a racket.

The county’s appraised value of my house stayed exactly the same from 2008 to 2009, in the midst of the biggest housing meltdown in decades. While I realize CoD was shielded from the worst of the effects, it’s still remarkable that Dekalb saw no change in the value.

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