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4 OF <br />m <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT IF THE BOARD, AS INDIVIDUALS, <br />WOULD FILE SUIT, THE EXPENDITURES THEY WOULD INCUR WOULD BE AS <br />INDIVIDUALS, AND NO FORMAL BOARD ACTION WOULD BE.NECESSARY. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT HE DID NOT PLAN TO JOIN IN ANY <br />SUIT AS THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE THE STATE IS NOT GOING TO ROLL <br />BACK, AND IF THEY WOULD ENTER INTO ANY FORMAL ACTION, THE TAX ROLL <br />COULD BE TIED UP FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. HE STRESSED THAT <br />THIS WOULD MEAN NO INCOME TO THE COUNTY; MONEY WOULD HAVE TO BE <br />BORROWED; AND IT WOULD COST THE TAXPAYERS MORE THAN WE WOULD HAVE <br />GAINED. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN AND FELT OUR FOUR <br />LEGISLATORS IN TALLAHASSEE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO TASK; LET THEM KNOW <br />THE MONSTER THEY HAVE CREATED. HE FELT ALL THIS SHOULD BEtDONE <br />PUBLICLY - IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPERS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN <br />THE NEWSPAPER EXPLAINING A FORMULA THAT COULD BE USED TO DETERMINE <br />TAXES. HE TOLD OF MANY CASES WHERE VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS USED THE <br />FORMULA AND MAILED WHAT THEY FELT THEIR ADDITIONAL TAXES WOULD BE <br />TO THE TAX COLLECTOR. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT IN ONE SUB- <br />DIVISION, ONE MAN S BILL WENT FROM $300 TO $2001 AND ANOTHER MANS <br />BILL WENT FROM $300 TO $700. HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE BOARD WAS <br />GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM; HIS ONLY THOUGHT WAS TO TRY TO GET <br />AN EQUITABLE FINAL ROLL THAT COULD BE USED, RATHER THAN THE ONE WE <br />ARE TRYING TO ADJUST BACK TO NOW. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT THE JUDGE HANDLING THIS <br />MATTER WILL PROBABLY BE ASKED, BY THE SUPPORT OF THE PROPERTY <br />APPRAISER AFTER THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD HAS FINISHED, <br />TO ENTER AN ORDER ESTABLISHING THE FINAL ROLL,, AND WHETHER THE <br />FINAL ROLL WOULD BE AN INEQUITABLE ROLL WAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT <br />ISSUE. THE ATTORNEY FELT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS THAT THIS BOARD <br />23 <br />ROOK 46 ME 241 <br />