Revaluation delay 'class warfare' reader says

The reality of postponing property revaluation in Brick since 2005 has nothing to do with keeping property owners' taxes down. It is strictly class warfare.

If Brick needs to raise $120 million through property taxes to finance the municipal government, county government, special district taxes and education, then that is all that is required. The revaluation only addresses fairness within the town since the revaluation of 1992.

Homes along the water have increased in value higher than the rest. These homes tend to be owned by the wealthier people in the town. So people who own property on the lower end of the spectrum have been subsidizing the property owners on the higher end of the spectrum since 2005.

After the revaluation, the property owners who receive lower tax bills would have been subsidizing the property owners who are now receiving higher tax bills by the difference between what they are paying now and what they paid before the revaluation.

It doesn't seem right that people who are having the most difficult time to keep up are subjected to this mentality but that is what you can expect from this current administration.

Joseph Lamb Sr.

Brick