Brusniak Turner Fine Updates 10/12/2020

CALIFORNIA

Chumash tribe seeks to recover $175K in property taxes from Santa Barbara County in civil trial  Santa Maria Times  “The Assessor's complete failure to investigate the circumstances of the property's sales transaction violates applicable appraisal standards and ethics, ...

Sacramento councilman seeking re-election owes more than $200000 in unpaid taxes Sacramento Bee  “He had a bunch of building permit issues, the property was red-tagged,” Warren said. Red-tagged properties are deemed unsafe for human habitation.

COLORADO

A move to repeal the Gallagher Amendment asks voters a complex question about property taxes The Denver Channel DENVER — After nearly four decades of determining how property taxes in the state of Colorado work, on Nov. 3, voters will have an opportunity to ...

CONNECTICUT

Those lucrative tax breaks for 'job creation' aren't working  Hartford Courant  Those lucrative tax breaks for 'job creation' aren't working ... provide over $8.8 million in local property taxabatements to a Windsor distribution center.

INDIANA

Louis Dreyfus Company Seeking About $50M In Tax Abatements Times-Union Newspaper  Louis Dreyfus Company in Claypool is growing again, and Thursday night, the agricultural business took a step in seeking two tax abatements from ...

Lake Michigan property values in Indiana are climbing despite erosion issues. One possible cause ...  Chicago Tribune  Lake Michigan property values in Indiana are climbing despite erosion ... members of the Porter County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals.

NEW YORK

Guilderland asks court to toss Crossgates tax lawsuit The Altamont Enterprise ... for 2020, [Crossgates] provided and offered information to the Town's Assessor concerning the Property and its value, and advised the Assessor that ...

PENNSYLVANIA

'A perfect storm:' Allegheny County, others prepare for a surge in assessment appeals by COVID ...  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  But Beth Stabile, deputy chief assessor, pointed out that there were 104 commercial appeals in 2019. “It's been pretty consistent across the board,” she ...

TENNESSEE

Nashville property-tax-repeal referendum now in judge's hands  Manchestertimes  (The Center Square) – The Davidson County Election Commission has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to decide whether Nashville residents will be ...