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Resident alleges past appraisal abuses, urges support for current appraiser
Summary
Jerry Green told commissioners he encountered widespread appraisal changes decades ago that he said unfairly raised property values, but he praised the county's current appraiser for integrity and urged the board to back that official.
Jerry Green told the Board of County Commissioners that his long-running dispute with the county appraisal process stretched back "25 to 30 years" and affected many property owners. "The most powerful position in Ellis County is the appraisers," he said during public comment, and he described winning a state hearing after challenging past valuations.
Green said he could not initially find the pattern of the alleged misvaluations but later identified what he described as a mass change in construction grade designations that inflated values and taxes. He also said his more recent meetings with the current appraiser revealed someone "with an incredible good character and integrity," urging the commission to support that official. The commission did not take formal action on the public comment.
