My column for the Washington County Daily News is online. Here’s a taste:
At issue is how commercial properties are valued for the purposes of property taxes. In a pure sense, the value of anything is the price that a willing buyer is willing to pay to a willing seller. For tax purposes, the government must assess what that price might be.
I’d advocate a blanket $10,000,000 default valuation charge for dark store properties.
They are awful blight on communities.