Angry Taxpayers Turned Away Amid Jackson County Property Tax Crisis

At the end of of the year . . . Here's what we know for certain . . .

JACKSON COUNTY CAN'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT IN 2023!!!

This afternoon offers more evidence of this fact . . .

On Friday, hundreds of residents lined up outside the Historic Truman Courthouse before the doors opened at 8 a.m. Despite waiting in the cold before sunrise, many are leaving Independence without paying their property taxes.

“Paying our taxpayer money and this is the way that we are being treated is so unfair,” Jackson County resident, Alisa Johnson said. “Every month it’s not paid you have to pay a penalty and it’s so unfair because we can’t get in here, they’re not accommodating us”
 

According to Jackson County officials, the courthouse in Independence is the only one residents can go to if they want to make changes to their property tax forms. KCTV5 spoke to residents from across the county who commuted over 30 minutes multiple times to get the forms changed.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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