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Letter To The taitor '
An open letter to the citizens of '
Kodiak, the Mayor and City [
Council :
We listened at tfie council
meeting last, Monday evening to
a report of the financial affairs
of the City of Kodiak as compil
ed by Mr. Marshall Crutcher,
for the year ending March 30th,
1946 (not this past year’s opera
tions, but the year beforj.) It
brought forth fads of the great
increase in the assessment value
of the property within the city)
"limits”. These "limits”, how
ever, included that area extend
ing beyond Carl Biunstad’s prop
erty on the Mission Road, which,
we now find, and which the pres
ent council knew tor many
months past, to be beyond the
city limits. Thus the report of!
“the assessment value of the!
City of Kodiak”, as shown by
Mr. Crutcher's report does not
in any way reflect the true state
of the city’s affans. This is no
reflection up^n Mr. Crutcher,
who makes his audit from mater
ial furnished him and so certifies
Consideiation was no g veu
to the fact, in making this re
port, that a new assessment ’oil
had been made up, increasing in
value much of the properiy-un j
arbitrary procedure which was
adopted for the soie reason that
an inciease in value was de-ired
to increase the borrowing power
of the city. Rais.ug asse.-sment
values is done, only becau e it is
not legal to have a tax rate in
excess of 20 mills Rver since
this city has been incorpoiaied
we have been taxed ihe highest
rate that can be legally collect
ed. The higher the assessment of
property, the more raxes are
paid. Yet we only kid ourselves
when we increase the assessment
value of property It is like hav
ing a $5 bill, saying it is worth
$10 and eventually b lievtng it
actually is. The true assessment
value of proper'y is what it will
actually bring at, forced sale Us
ing this as a basis, most proper
ty in the city of Kodi k is over
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