Show Jadi Jac i allS Stratus By Jack Wallis The big squabble this week is the sudden realization that property taxes are going up up up A few property owners got wind that the new 1973 state reappraisal figures were in the County Assessors Assessor's office and this started off a howl While most property owners have not even their 1972 assessments the news of the increase didn't set too good The state announced last year it was making a reappraisal of all property in Uintah County to bring all assessed property property property pro pro- perty to the 20 percent of market value in an effort to equalize fair fail assessments throughout the state Most of the reappraised reappraised reappraised re re- re- re appraised assessments are in for residential re re- residential property but the commercial assessments have not yet been sent to the assessors assessor's office The natural response w was s to moan and groan and make accusations at the local local local lo lo- cal officials for letting the state do such sucha a dastardly deed Some of the older and remodeled homes have been increased increased in in- creased several times to their previously previous previous- ly assessed valuation The assessed valuation is determined by taking 20 percent of what is termed as the fair market value of the property By law this assessment can go as high as 30 percent of market value and there are some who say the state plans to take the full 30 percent in the near fu fu- ture We hope this is not true It wont won't do you any good to cry about it now go ahead and pay your 1972 taxes In the late spring you will get an official notice of your 1973 assessed v valuation with the dates of four equalization days when the board of equalization will meet This is the time timeto Ito to to give county official the works concerning conf con con- f corning your high taxes A state tax representative representative re- re will probably be present and if you can prove to them that you have been assessed unfairly they may reduce your assessment a few dollars But dont don't expect much everyone is getting a good increase The problem in Uintah County's increased increased in in- creased reappraisal is that the real property property property pro pro- perty owners are arc going to be sharing more of the tax burden and the industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial and utilities are arc going to get off with less This is because about two- two thirds of the tax base in Uintah County is being carried by industry and public utilities Duchesne County cut their mill levy 14 mills due to the increased valuation brought in by the state reappraisal One thing we all aU have in common no one likes to pay taxes and no one can get out of paying them Rampton Governor Rampton conducted a right right- minute to time timo table schedule campaign campaign camp camp- aign visit to tn Duchesne and Uintah Countie Counties Coun Coun- ties tie Monday l lie had only two foul At the Duchesne High School he arrived about 40 minutes early to address students students students stu stu- dents and faculty in an assembly and just missed a bomb threat requiring the evacuation of the school In Vernal after cutting his remarks short to be sure the dinner meeting ended ended end end- ed at the stroke of so he could jump in his plane and return home he found there was no plane The Salt Lake Municipal airport was socked in by a storm hitting the area The governor and his wife stayed InVernal in inVernal Vernal all night and Tuesday morning still no ho plane So finally the governor was rescued from horn the outer wilderness outer wilderness of the state by the Utah Highway Patrol who relayed him back to Salt Lake City over aver the longer scenic but sometimes more inure sure route JJ n Tr Quite a few of the many elk hunters were growling about the stormy weather Saturday and Sunday but a surprisingly surprising surprising- ly large number came down with their game They said it rained hailed blew and snowed The roads were muddy and slippery end and it was cold otherwise the weather was fine |