Owed a property tax refund? Wait in line Around Town, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Aug 7, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Carol Flaherty waited a long time before she could claim victory in her effort to have her Atherton property reappraised at a lower value. Her patience was pushed beyond the limit, though, by the county's delay in refunding her money.
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Posted by Michael, a resident of another community, on Aug 7, 2012 at 12:02 pm
The supervisor of the failed department should be fired, as anyone in the private sector who fails the customer base would be. If you're being paid by the taxpayers at the managers level, there had better be accountability.
Sadly, I expect the usual public sector zero-accountability culture will prevail, though.
Posted by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community, on Aug 7, 2012 at 4:31 pm
"Mr. Holland noted that the law allows counties to take up to two years to process property assessment appeals, and added that San Mateo County has complied with that requirement."
What's not to be satisfied with a 2 year return policy, why not make a 10 year return policy.