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