[Chat] Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel Report

[weinsteinm at aol.com]

 Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but the panel is a pretty serious group, so what that says to me is either 
a) the Mayor wanted to appear for election purposes like she was serious about cutting the property tax rate, or
b) the Mayor really is serious about cutting the property tax rate and wanted to build a political consensus and some momentum for accomplishing that.  

If the answer were a, then they probably would have had the report come out before the election rather than afterwards.  

I guess time will tell...

-Matthew


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: jberlin <jberlin at bcpl.net>
To: The Charles Village Chat List <chat at charlesvillage.info>
Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:03 am
Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Fw: [I-NEIGHBORS] Property Tax Assessments - Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel Report









I can proudly say I did not vote for any of them, except Mary Pat. 

Judy 
 

On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:19 AM, John Spurrier wrote: 
 

> Brad, 

>    

>  Thanks for posting this report. Given the makeup of the Blue Ribbon > Panel you would 

>  think that someone would have proofread the charts and tables. When I > see headings 

>  that read "Medium Income" and "Medium House Price" I know that our > city government 

>  is in the hands of idiots. It is hard to give this report any real > credibility. 

>    

>  John 

> 

> 

> 

> 

>>  From: william.schlegel at us.army.mil 

>> To: ; ; WIA at yahoogroups.com; GreaterHomewoodHBN at yahoogroups.com; >> coalition_bmog at yahoogroups.com; WAVEBELL21218 at I-NEIGHBORS.ORG; >> CHARLESVILLAGE21218 at I-NEIGHBORS.ORG; >> BETTERWAVERLY21218 at I-NEIGHBORS.ORG; >> EDNORGARDENSLAKESIDE21218 at I-NEIGHBORS.ORG 

>> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:41:05 -0500 

>> Subject: [Discussion] Fw: [I-NEIGHBORS] Property Tax Assessments - >> Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel Report 

>> 

>>  FYI 

>>   

>> ----- Original Message ----- 

>> From: Andrew Timleck 

>> To: Brad Schlegel 

>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 6:17 PM 

>> Subject: Re: [I-NEIGHBORS] Property Tax Assessments - Mayor's Blue >> Ribbon Panel Report 

>> 

>> I’m sure you’ve seen this? Has it been circulated on Wavebell/Better >> Waverly/EGLS, etc.? 

>> 

>> http://www.baltimorecity.gov/mayor/blue_ribbon/downloads/>> Blue%20Ribbon%20Committee%20Report%20FINAL%20DRAFT%2012_20_07.pdf 

>> 

>> Andy 

>> 

>> 

>> On 1/2/08 5:21 PM, "Schlegel, William B CW4 RES USAR USARC" >> <william.schlegel at us.army.mil> wrote: 

>> 

>>> Andy, 

>>>   

>>> first there are no "Million dollar houses" in CV.  Most sell for >>> under 400K.  Tweefie can vouch for that.  the main issue is that >>> some assessments are more than the FMV of the prioperty today.  Also >>> that the assessments are more than 10% higher than the previious >>> ones.  The value for land tripled on many properties.  There are >>> other messages on the EGLS list which might add some more flavor.  I >>> just wanted to share information - not start a debate. 

>>>   

>>> Happy New Year. 

>>>   

>>> Brad 

>>> ----- Original Message ----- 

>>> From: tweefie at juno.com 

>>> To: discussion at charlesvillage.info 

>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:53 PM 

>>> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Assessment gouging, and other tax >>> nightmares. 

>>> 

>>> Im not sure what difference it makes, but I bet the estimation is >>> probably pretty accurate. 

>>> I have seen pictures of the houses on my street from when Greenmount >>> Ave was a field. 

>>> So, I tend to think the 100 year old label is right. 

>>> 

>>> 

>>>>   

>>>> Christine 

>>>> 

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>>>>   

>>>> 

>>>>   

>>>>> 

>>> 

>> 

> 

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