Mecklenburg to Review 2011 Revaluation
George Hartzman has a post up at Triadwatch about Mecklenburg County’s decision in May to seek an independent firm to review their property revaluation process.
From WCNC:
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mecklenburg commissioners on Tuesday said they want an independent review of the 2011 property revaluation, saying it could help bring answers to lingering concerns about the appraisal.
By a 6-3 vote, the board directed County Manager Harry Jones to bring it a recommendation by June 19 on who could conduct such an outside investigation, the details of the review and the estimated cost.
The board also asked for estimates on the price for a new revaluation in 2014 or 2015, though commissioners stopped short of ordering an appraisal by a specific date. State law requires a revaluation at least every eight years.
The vote comes after months of growing criticism about the accuracy of last year’s revaluation, the county’s first since 2003. Residents had questioned, among other things, how the county set land values and how it factored in the effect of foreclosures and still-falling home sales.
It appears they may have stepped on the wrong toes:
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis has convened a panel that could seek to change state laws surrounding property revaluations.
Tillis lives in Cornelius, and while there have been passionate complaints from homeowners all over Mecklenburg County (a total of 40,000 property revaluation appeals) a lot of concerns are clumped in Cornelius, where some waterfront land has skyrocketed.
I contend this is an important post by Triadwatch and should be included at Greensboro101.
Perhaps if Hartzman and Triad Watch would set their RSS feeds to short, Roch might consider taking them back as some sort of compromise.
I don’t know what that means.
Seriously?
Seriously.
RSS feeds are adjustable as to how much of the blog post is displayed in aggregators. For example: Your RSS feed is set to short but Hartzman’s entire post displays everywhere his feed is aggregated. Roch has issues with Hartzman’s posting style and the clutter it caused G101. If Hartzman and Brown were to set their blog RSS feeds to short only a snippet of their content would display on Greensboro101 instead of their entire post. That would reduce the clutter on 101 and increase the click thru rate for Hartzman and Brown.
I’d be happy to help them with their settings but it’s really up to Keith, George and Roch.
Thanks. Sounds like a workable solution.
Being that it was my idea it probably won’t come to anything but thanks for the encouraging words anyway.
If it fails, it won’t be your fault. I appreciate your input.