My family owns a small business in Everett and our property tax was increased by 82 percent in one year and then a yearly increase. At this time, a good portion of our income just goes to pay the property tax. I appealed to the Board of Equalization to decrease our property tax but to no avail.
Learning the $590,000 payout the Bargreens received over the Port of Everett’s crane color is just appalling, and to learn that it came out of the property taxes is beyond unfair (“Everett coffee heirs get $590K over crane color, ending saga,” The Herald, Dec. 6). From what I read, there were color consultants and appraisal involved and that this litigation has been going on for quite some time and other property owners were also involved and got paid too.
I do not know how those officials did their math to end up with that big sum of payout, but in my opinion, there is incompetency and most of all greediness involved. Here we are in the midst of a pandemic, people losing jobs left and right and financial security is gone to so many. This shows how the rich can control everything and not even the public officials would do something to protect the interest of the rest of the population This is morally wrong and obviously no one think about the common good.
I applaud the reporter who wrote the article and am glad The Herald put it on the front page.
Tess B. Morales
Marysville
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