ONE READER SENDS: How is it that county commissioners are forgiving property taxes for some, especially farmers, but refusing to lower taxes for everybody else? Driving by the latest golf course, I wondered what has happened so I started asking questions. The story is the previous owner, who is a big area farmer, sold the land, for the golf course but got it back when the golf course developer went broke. The farmer then goes to commissioners and gets thousands of dollars in taxes forgiven just by asking. Nothing was presented showing other properties like the golf course set at lower tax rates. The ground sure is for development and cannot be farmed again. He wants to hold out for better times but not pay the set taxes. Get this. Our farmer commissioner initiated the give away for her friend. It's not what you know but who you know. Please check this out. It just recently happened.

COMMENTS: I'll do that but until CCW checks this out I deleted the farmers name.
CCW does not understand how this could have happened recently since it is not time for tax hearings yet. We will check it out. Commissioners will have a hard time justifying raising the levy or increasing taxes, if they are reducing taxes for some, after those taxes have been set by the county. That would be unfair and we hope you are wrong. CW has been hearing the county officials are still cutting positions and taking other steps to reduce spending so why would they lower taxes for individuals? The county can forgive taxes if a real proven hardship is presented to them.

Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms..
One in office
One in prison
Detroit and Chicago already do this.