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Public commenters press commissioners on reassessment, call for countywide nondiscrimination ordinance
Summary
At the Lackawanna County commissioners meeting in Musick, residents raised concerns about the countywide property reassessment and urged commissioners to adopt a countywide nondiscrimination ordinance; commissioners acknowledged the volume of reassessment appeals and said they are monitoring the process.
Public comment at the Lackawanna County commissioners meeting in Musick centered on two recurring themes: strong objections to the countywide property reassessment and requests for a countywide nondiscrimination ordinance and human relations commission.
Bob Bowler of Scranton told commissioners he has filed a lawsuit challenging the reassessment process and criticized the appraisal work, saying his former church was reassessed at an amount he called unreasonable. "I've already filed a lawsuit, and it's gonna turn into a class action suit because this is just totally ridiculous," Bowler said. He also offered to sell the church property to the county for $2.5 million and said he would pursue legal action over what he said were improper actions by a commissioner at a…
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