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_I <br />OCT 21900 8009 44 PAGE 730 <br />MS. KESINGER FELT YOU ARE GETTING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE <br />CONCERNED WAY TOO LATE, AND COMMISSIONER LOY COMMENTED THAT SHE WOULD <br />NOT WANT MS. KESINGER TO THINK THAT NOBODY CAME TO THE BUDGET <br />SESSIONS BECAUSE ANY TIME THERE WAS A PROGRAM THE PEOPLE PARTICULARLY <br />WANTED OR DID NOT WANT, THEY WERE THERE, AND WE DID HAVE CONSIDERABLE <br />PUBLIC INPUT. COMMISSIONER LOY ADDRESSED MS. KESINGER'S COMPLAINTS <br />ABOUT THE TRIM NOTICE AND SUGGESTED THAT SHE TELL MR. LAW ABOUT IT <br />AND ASSIST US IN TELLING THE LEGISLATORS. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED <br />THAT THIS BILL WAS NOT PASSED UNTIL THE VERY LAST PART OF THE SESSION <br />AND THEN A SPECIAL SESSION WAS HELD WHEN THEY DID ALL THE AMENDMENTS, <br />AND WE ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES SENT DOWN TO <br />US, WHICH WE DIDN'T EVEN GET UNTIL THE LAST OF AUGUST. <br />MS. KESINGER NOTED THAT SHE IS ONLY TRYING TO SAY THAT THE <br />COMBINATION OF THINGS MAKES A PERSON FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN HAD. <br />SHE FELT THAT IN REGARD TO THE AMENDMENT ON TUESDAY'S BALLOT, THAT <br />THAT IS ANOTHER "SNOW JOB;" IT IS NOT THE BOARD'S FAULT, BUT IT IS <br />AGAIN A COMBINATION OF THINGS WHERE THE RIGHT INFORMATION DOES NOT GET <br />TO THE PUBLIC. MS. KESINGER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE CAME FROM A <br />COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE TAXES BACK, AND THE "SNOW <br />JOB" THERE WAS THAT ABOUT THE ONLY THING ANYONE COULD CUT BACK WOULD <br />BE FIRE RESPONSIBILITIES AND POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES. SHE FELT IT <br />IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT <br />CAN BE CUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF "SNOW JOBS" THAT ARE DONE ON <br />THE PUBLIC, AND THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD IT. <br />MRS. GUISEPPE NICOTRA NEXT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED <br />THAT HER APPRAISAL HAS BEEN INCREASED 300%, AND SHE COMPLAINED TO <br />MR. LAW'S OFFICE AND THEY SENT HER TO THIS MEETING. <br />PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW COMMENTED THAT MR. NICOTRA DID TALK <br />WITH HIM AND HIS VALUE DID NOT CHANGE, BUT THE TAXES WENT UP. <br />MR. BARTON LOOKED AT THE NICOTRAS' NOTICE AND FELT THE <br />APPRAISAL VALUE HAD GONE UP, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSTRUCTED THAT <br />THE NICOTRAS CONTACT MR. LAW, WHO WOULD DISCUSS THIS WITH THEM. <br />