Cold facts tend to cool off the ire over taxes

March 02, 2008 (Deseret Morning News)

Here is how one of democracy’s internal-combustion engines works: A volatile housing market pours real estate inflation into one end. That sets off sparks at county assessor offices, which put in motion the pistons of annual property tax notices. Many of those notices require much more money than the year before. This in turn creates a great deal of energy and exhaust from angry homeowners.

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