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This is a letter to the editor of the Sun in a timely answer to a Cloe editorial on the same subject which was never published. Although the Sun denies receiving it and has offered to consider publishing it subject to their one month one article rule, my email records clearly show that it was received in the appropriate time frame. Printing it now would mute the desired effect anyway so I think another venue is needed.

The Letter

Editor, Wickenburg Sun

Ok, I’m relatively new here moving from New England about 5 years ago and I don’t really understand municipal finance in AZ …

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This weeks Sun (Nov 1, 2006) contained an article about the proposed 7 year property tax override that provides just enough information to be troubling. It includes this statement:

The cost of the override will be shouldered by real estate taxes only, meaning that only homeowners will have their taxes increased, not those who live in a rental home or apartment.

Based on this statement, one of the following is likely true:

The tax falls only on owner occupied single family homes and all commercial and residential rental properties are exempt. I believe that this is very unlikely but if its really true the …

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