The Occupation Tax

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Sounds like your assessor thrives on the status quo. Maybe he gets a bonus for every assessment he defends in court...

Here, property tax receipts fund city & county roads, public education K-12 (plus a very extensive community college network), fire/police/emergency medical services, water and waste, public transportation, and something called the "county hospital district" (read: indigent health care for the 800 lb gorilla on our backs, the illegal immigrant population).

Our assessor is an elected official and has really been in office too long.