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Resident says property tax assessment left him "bamboozled" as population decline cited
Summary
A property owner testifying during public comment told the Knox County Board his ten-acre parcel was reassessed from a $150,000 purchase price to a $570,000 full cash value, criticized county taxation, and cited statewide population loss as tied to tax burden.
During public comment Kevin Krisher, identifying himself as president of Marmac Greens LLC, urged the board to address what he described as excessive property tax assessment and linked high taxes to population decline in Illinois. "They lied or cheated to. They bamboozled us," Krisher said, describing his purchase of ten acres off Lincoln Park Drive for $150,000 and the county's current Full Cash Value (FCV) assessment of $570,000.
Krisher said he paid roughly $6,500 in P-TAB legal fees and that the county spent “over $6,000” for an appraisal used to set the FCV. He asked the board for help and said the discrepancy has hampered sales efforts; he also cited statewide demographic figures and claimed Illinois lost 56,235 residents from July 2023 to July 2024. Ken Springer of the Knox County Partnership for Economic Development then recapped regional growth and asked the board to submit project ideas for KCAP’s 2026 D.C. advocacy trip.
Board members listened but did not take action on assessment appeals during the meeting; no county official provided an immediate technical rebuttal to Krisher’s specific FCV figure on the record.
