And it's all Governor Gregoire's fault.
That's what those two elderly actresses in Dino Rossi's property tax ad insist.
Really?
Apparently Don Brunell, President of the Association of Washington Businesses doesn't agree with those ladies or their candidate. I'm exerpting the last two paragraphs in his weekly opinion published in this week's Aberdeen Daily World.
Over the years, the Legislature has addressed property taxes in many ways and come up with a series of tax deferrals for senior citizens and low-income home owners. That way they can cope with rising property values which drive their higher property taxes and then pay the deferred portion when they sell their homes. That is when they realize the gain in the price of their home and have the money to pay the tax.
Across the country, states have been working to reduce the complexity and increase the fairness of property tax systems.
We already have one of the best.