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Attorney says city appraisal drove elderly parents to appeal; Court of Appeals oral argument set for Oct. 21

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Attorney and former Lakewood councilor Anita Springston told Denver City Council on July 28 that her 85‑year‑old parents received a 110% tax increase, contested the assessor's appraisal, lost at hearing, appealed to district court and now have an oral argument before the Colorado Court of Appeals scheduled Oct. 21.

Anita Springston, an attorney and former Lakewood city councilor, told Denver City Council during the July 28 public comment period that her elderly parents received a 110% property tax increase and have appealed the assessor’s valuation through the courts.

Springston said her parents, both in their mid‑80s and Denver residents for 54 years, were assessed after a decade of neighborhood redevelopment near Sloan’s Lake and that the assessor’s office…

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