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Resident urges compassion in tax protests, calls state collection 'a bunch of baloney'
Summary
Willard Peterson, a resident of Branch, urged commissioners to consider taxpayers' struggles during protest season and criticized the state's tax-collection system as "a bunch of baloney," asking the board to keep residents' livelihoods in mind.
Willard Peterson of 514 Road 13, York (speaking as a Branch resident) used the public-comment period to press the board to remember that many residents are trying to make a living and find the state's property tax system frustrating.
Peterson said the way taxes are collected in the state "is a bunch of baloney," and asked commissioners to consider the burden on people who are simply trying to pay their taxes. He told the board that taxpayers are not "smart enough to make the legislature do something" and asked commissioners to keep that context in mind when hearing tax protests. The chair thanked Peterson for his comments and no formal action followed.
The comment was recorded during the public comment portion of the meeting; no board response proposing follow-up action or policy changes was recorded in the transcript.
