Bao Xishun (L), 56, a 2.36 meter (7 feet, 9 inches) tall herdsman listed by the #GuinnessWorldRecord as the tallest living man, shakes hands with He Pingping, 19, a 0.73 meter (2 feet, 5 inches) tall man, in Baotou, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region July 13th, 2007. He is applying for the Guinness World Record as the world’s shortest man, local media reported.
This little toon really caught my eye. Not because I think it is funny but because it really strikes close to home. We received our notice from the county telling us they are going to raise or real estate taxes 3% again.
The reality is that property values throughout most of the country have stagnated or decreased. Tazewell County certainly wouldn’t let anything like reality interfere with filling their coffers based on false property value evaluations.
They are supposed to assess each property to keep it current but they simply tack on a percentage of the previous value. We get very few services from the county that reflect the amount of money they extort from us.
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