I Guess You Would Have to be There

1,300 new homes not on the tax roll?

I am sorry I am ahead of my
self here.

Yesterday the Daily Bee must
have out sold itself. with it's
headlines.
"MARKET MAY SEND PROPERTY
ASSESSMENTS SOARING"

Now that is an eye catching
blood curling headline for every
red-blooded American home owner.

It seems the state thinks
Bonner County, even though
it boosted up its taxes last
year to the screaming
citizens. The state doesn't
think that is enough.
That Bonner county is out
of compliance in 19 areas.

But the part that has everyone
upset is the fact, we who have
own homes that are far less than
$100,000, are going to pay more
taxes because others are coming
here and building homes that
are costing over $300,000.

AND 1300 OF THOSE NEW
HOMES ARE NOT EVEN ON
THE ROSTER YET!!

And the Assessor says she doesn't
have enough help to assess these
houses. How many houses are finished
each day? How long does it take
to assess a house?

How many bedrooms, how much
square footage and how much
land. When you get a building permit it
tells how much you pay for the house to
build it. They put a worth on our
garage before we moved one bit of
dirt. I guess you have to be there.

So where does this leave mom & pop
who bought their place 20+ years ago
for $30,000? Now the lot they have
their house on, is worth three as much
than their home,if they are in Sandpoint.

Those of us who bought our homes
for less that $75,000 over 5 years ago
since the gold rush on land... what
about us. What about us who don't
want to sell? We just want the American
dream, of having our own home. It isn't
a manison, but we are happy. Will we be
taxed out of our homes?

And what about the other headline in
the papers? The one about the House
and Senate working on lowering our
home taxes? Is that just a ruse?

Well, after yesterday's Bee's headlines
surely the Senators and etc. will be
getting loads of emails, phone calls,
and letters of protest. Or will we be
like cattle and follow along until we
have to drop out of the herd.