Reviews & Comments
Valders, WI
Pigeon Lake Taxation -
11/11/2009Pigeon Lake located in the Town of Liberty adjoinining Valders has a tax base established in 2005 by a reassessment. This assessment raised property values by an average of 85% with many over 100%. Despite owner protests these assessed values are still in use even though many properties have been put on the market and not sold at reduced prices. The Town board continues to increase the tax rate even though valuations have decreased substantially since 2005.
These excessive rates will lead to massive exodus, forclosures and further declinres in valuations. What Wisconsin needs is better regulation and equalization of tax laws. What the Town of Liberty is doing now to
circumvent State tax limits is bowering money and adding the interest payments to the budget to increase the taxation for future years. This type of public deception should be halted. The State has to act in the public interest and equalize taxation to current trends and punish those who do not
not comply withthe law.