Property Taxes
When it comes to real estate, I am the nosiest. Especially on Dallas County property taxes. Last week, we looked at Dallas County Tax Assessor John Ames. I noticed he had a dramatically lowered value on his DeSoto home. He had, of course, a perfectly good (really, a terrible) excuse for having that lower value:…
Dallas County’s top elected official has heard your sobs as you opened your recent property tax appraisal notices and he wants to do something about the real financial pinch felt by many of the 525,000 county property owners who saw shocking increases this year. “What I’m proposing is that we capture the money that was…
“Our family home caught fire on February 16, 2015 at 1 am. We were fortunate that my wife, two children and mother-in-law were all able to escape unharmed. I was in Austin on county business at the time. The fire was caused by an electrical shortage. After much consideration, we decided to rebuild our home…
I knew there was a good (well, in this case, terrible) reason, because John is, as I said, one of best Tax Appraisers/Collectors we have ever had. Under his watch the office has become much more efficient, the clerks are friendly and polite, and well, maybe he ought to interview for the new management job…
Update, 4:09 pm: there IS a good, well, a very bad reason why John Ames had such a low appraisal: his home burned down! Details coming up. I love our Dallas County Tax Assessor John R. Ames, I really do. I’ve met him, I voted for him, just love the guy. I think he’s doing…
