Who would take a job working for these pricks? Especially the person that is in charge of looking for, and reporting "improvements". I barely have forms set for a shop addition and this c*nt is already scouting from the county road. Do they have random citizens they pay finder's fees for tattle tailing? Theft at best.

I thought most of that was done via satellite. Doesn't surprise me that they would waste their time like that.

They use flyovers that take pictures. I briefly worked for one. And if you only knew how shady it is times it by 10. And yes they do sit in the office comparing pictures and they do drive by and take pictures at least every 3 years.

I know a guy that works for the local CAD. He was sitting in his truck last year talking pictures of my neighbors property and then my other neighbor next to him for 30 minutes. So…… they do get out and look around. Same guy wanted my son’s gate code 8 years ago when he built a new home. He didn’t give it to him either.

We bought our place and immediately got a letter from the CAD saying that they had come out, but our gate was locked! Imagine that. I emailed them back and told them that any time they wanted to look at the place to just call me. 'Didn't hear poop. I asked in person about it the next year and the Chief Appraiser sternly replied that they'd be coming out and that they have to reevaluate every place every 3 years. That was about 4 years ago and she's no longer there. I recently sat with her replacement, informally protesting/negotiating the taxes, and she looked at my Wildlife Val. report and said I was doing everything fine. There was no mention of coming out. They give a discount for paying in October, but, supposedly, didn't get the tax statements to the printer in time this year and I didn't receive it until November. They said there was nothing they could do. I bet they heard plenty of complaints on that one.

Did you have to pull any kind of permit? Septic, electrical, building? That’s generally how they figure it out.

Ours uses drones…..

Yep. Drones here too.

Complaining about someone actually doing their job?

I figured you would be the one the stick up for them. Big govt…..big insurance….such grand ideas.
Still doesn’t answer the question as to who would sign up for that job.

No….in the county and not required.

Yep I agree, I figured he would sticking up for them as well. AD have no transparency, spend, spend, spend...they will just raise taxes to cover the delta. If I worked for them I would probably get fired for speaking my opinion.

My daughter has been with TAD for 8 years now setting up protest appointments. Very stressful job. I worry about some nut job wreaking havoc at her building. She complains about the taxes on her own house too!

I’m glad I was here when the guy came out a few weeks ago. They had seen my deer blinds from the drone and weren’t sure if they were taxable structures. I drove him around on my Ranger and he marked them as hunting blinds on his report so they wouldn’t be taxed.

They picked up my chicken coop from satellite. Added $1,200. I wonder why they exempt deer blinds but tax chicken coops?

I don’t know. When he said they don’t do it I sure wasn’t going to bring it up again.

I just inherited some property w 2 old run down barns on it and they value the barns over 80k

Im just gonna bulldoze them rather than fight the idiots

I guess somes of you would rather pay a state income tax. Not I.

No, a state sales tax. Leave income and property alone!

Whatever it is, so be it. See the obstacles, impediments and pitfalls in life and figure out how to overcome them.

Yep. Make the hood rats pay through sales tax because they will never own a speck of dirt in their entire lives.

Everyone will have skin in the game.

Any govt should not have the ability to confiscate something that is already paid for. Especially when that something is your place of residence, and usually the highest priced, single thing you have in your name.

Sounds like the most fair way to me. Don’t penalize me because I did what I was supposed to and got a career and bought a house while these other people, not in all cases but in most, made bad life decisions and will never own a house or property so they get a free pass on paying taxes for all the services they use on a daily basis.

True story.