Property taxes are too high

With everybody’s property taxes in Lincoln County due recently, I can imagine we are all in a bit of a shock.

We put our house in Davenport up for sale last year and the very next day, a new assessment of the property was mailed. Coincidence? Maybe. No dollar amount was listed, just the new assessed amount. I called and asked for an approximate amount of our new tax bill but was not given an answer. I guess I was supposed to feel better when I was told homes were reassessed only every six years in Davenport. There was an indication that they had looked at our house pictures online. How well a person decorates their home and how many antiques they have should not affect the assessed value of a home.

I then wrote a letter challenging the assessed amount and received a call back. It was lowered by a small amount but we could still not get an approximate dollar amount as to what our new tax bill would be.

Upon eventually receiving the new property tax bill in the mail, we were shocked, to say the least. Someone please explain how our property taxes can increase by 86.291% from the last assessment, to an amount of almost $7,600? That’s $20 a day! With tax bills like this on a residential property in the middle of Davenport, we should all be concerned about being able to afford our houses.

In the future, be sure of what you are voting for and be sure you want to pay for it because it will affect your property tax bill.

Arlene Stromberger

Medical Lake