There is more good than evil in this world, and when good men and women fight for what is right, evil will disappear into the darkness where it belongs.
Taxpayers of Madison County received over the holiday weekend their 2024 property tax notice of assessed values.
Unlike other counties in NC which operate more efficiently and have no problem being transparent put out their revalue assessments at the start of the year. Madison County Tax office advertised these would be out in March, yet they ended up being received during and after the Fourth of July Holiday. The notice date on these assessments is June 28, 2024. You have until July 28 to file your appeals.
On an average most of these assessed properties are going up in taxable value by 75% some even more, which means these Republican Commissioners and their Colonel Rod Homer Honeycutt are raising your taxes to over 40 percent.
The assessed value you just received in the mail is your new 2024 notice of assessed value.
For the new number, you divide by 100 and then multiply by .36. That gives you your taxes due for 2024.
2000 x.36 = $720 – (taxes due on a 200k property based on new rate)
To see the percentage of how much your property went up take the current 2024 amount and deduct this from last year’s value, then divide that number into the 2023 amount.
Look folks what you are about to read and hear below in this taped conversation from July 10 determines why I believe Diana Norton is in capable of doing her job. Did she purposefully lie? We know Honeycutt lies for sport and so do the commissioners. You have to educate yourselves on how to proceed further on these appeals. I personally would not trust anyone in Madison County government at this point. They have failed us as our representatives.
Diana Norton – tax administrator for Madison County, Rod Honeycutt and these commissioners have farmed out this reevaluation to an out of state company called “Tyler Technologies.”
JUST IN the County has provided me with one of the Public Record Requests I have asked for with regard to Tyler Technologies They have spent $727,296.67: This money is way higher from what was allocated per year for this Revaluation- Folks this is bad…
I spoke with Diana two days ago and asked her for the name of the company which did the reevaluation for Madison County. She stated to me, and I asked her to spell the companies name “Pyler Technologies. ” I have also asked for the comparable of properties that this company used to assess my property. No one in this county can properly appeal this process without knowing the formulas applied to reassess your property. Tyler Technologies has been sued in Missouri by the Attorney General’s office one of the claims by taxpayers and the states audit proves this company made it almost impossible for taxpayers to appeal their overvalued assessments. Tyler Technologies is not registered on the NC data base- The North Carolina Appraisal Board welcomes you to its Web site (membersbase.net) Roger Kelley who reprogramed all of Madison Countys data base at the tax office for Tyler Technologies and according to him in a Casey Story below calibrated the computer system appraisals. If he is not a licensed appraiser, how can he do a proficient job in valuing properties?
Nor Roger Kelley or Tyler Technologies is registered to do business in the appraisal field in NC. Even under the list of companies that are not required to register in the state. I couldn’t even find Diana Nortons name she stated in the taped conversation below that she was registered at the state which I will check on next week.
My properties have increased 98.5% and many others in the county have gone up a as much 700%. For the record Diana Norton Tax administrator home where she lives with her husband, tax bill is only going up ten dollars. Chew on that Folks…
This over assessment is a sign of incompetence and systemic failures in the tax offices and Madison County government.
This company is not called Pyler Technologies it is called Tyler Technologies. I asked Norton Four times what the name of this company was and that evening I sent her this email below.
The email below calls out Tyler Technologies involvement with a huge debacle here in NC in the court systems.
People were getting incarcerated in NC because of Tylers ineptitude. It is called a scam company by many county governments throughout America that have been swindled by this farce.
Why is Madison County using an out of state company with ethical issues massive lawsuits on their books and a Moody’s credit risk alert to handle our small counties assessment?
Why didn’t these commissioners hire a company in NC?
Why did these commissioners not do their due diligence? It is my belief Madison Commissioners chose them because this company which is outsourced from Texas were willing to do anything these corrupt commissioners wanted.
Lawsuit: North Carolina’s ‘eCourts’ system led to unlawful detainments
The state Administrative Office of the Courts awarded Tyler Technologies a $100 million contract in 2019 for a package of software applications known as eCourts.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV/AP) – North Carolina’s electronic “eCourts” system has led to hundreds of people being unlawfully detained, caused others to spend unnecessary time in jail and seen some be arrested multiple times on the same warrant.
That’s according to a federal lawsuit filed against two county sheriffs and a Texas-based company hired to transition North Carolina’s court systems from paper to digital. The plaintiffs are two North Carolinians arrested earlier this year who say that the company’s system kept them unlawfully detained.
“There is broad support for modernizing the state’s court system. But the rollout of “eCourts” in four pilot counties – Wake, Lee, Harnett, and Johnston – has been at the expense of North Carolinians’ constitutional and other legal rights,” the complaint states.
After years of discussions about how to modernize the state judiciary’s archaic filing system, the state Administrative Office of the Courts awarded Tyler Technologies a $100 million contract in 2019 for a package of software applications known as eCourts.
By Brad Dickerson Published: May. 24, 2023 at 12:38 PM EDT
Email to Diana Norton and her response:
I believe you meant Tyler Technologies instead of Pyler, as you told me today.
You picked a beauty This is why these appraisals are so screwed up
The Audio video below of our taped conversation confirms that the Tax administrator Diana Norton said Pyler Technologies four times and even spelled it. The question is Why Lie?
Tyler Technologies below, they have been named in a lawsuit as recently as 2023 in Missouri, for ILLEGAL property Assessments
You can’t make this up!
How did Homer and these commissioners miss this?
Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Tuesday sued Jackson County and the county legislature, Assessor Gail McCann Beatty and Executive Frank White over this year’s property tax assessments.
The lawsuit alleges the assessment process was unlawful and accuses the county of systemic failures, “from failing to provide proper notice and inspections under the law, to coercing property owners to drop their appeals.”
It calls on the court to order any increase in assessed property value invalid and for monetary damages for property damages, as appropriate.
“We’re glad Jackson County residents came forward to let us know how they were adversely affected by this illegal behavior,” Bailey said. “We encourage all Missourians to reach out when they need help.”
The suit also lists as defendants the Jackson County Board of Equalization, the body tasked with resolving assessment appeals, and Tyler Technologies, a private company that completed the assessments. Bailey accuses the defendants of unlawful levy of taxes and negligence, among other charges.
Tuesday’s lawsuit accuses Tyler Technologies of missing several deadlines, including a January 2023 deadline to complete final value estimates of homes. It also accuses the country of placing “formidable obstacles” before residents who hoped to appeal their assessments.
“For instance, the website for filing an appeal was riddled with technical issues and property owners would wait for hours in the telephone queue without receiving an answer or would be disconnected when they reached the front of the queue,” the lawsuit reads.
Jackson County’s assessment process has been under scrutiny for months. In September, Lee’s Summit and Independence sued the county alleging White and McCann Beatty “fail and refuse their clear and unconditional duty to assess real property taxes in Jackson County in the way required by Missouri law,” according to the lawsuit. A hearing is set for January 5.
KCUR | By Lisa Rodriguez Published December 19, 2023 at 5:06 PM CST
Casey published this article below read it and notice what Fried Chicken Wechtel stated – “STATE of NC strongly urged the county to perform a 2024 Revaluation.” Was that before or after the NC legislature gave the ok to raise Insurance rates?
Prove it Mr. Chairman Wechtel and I want to see your document basis behind your gaslighting comments.
Folks, you better prepare yourself because if your home values go up through this assessment so does your homeowner’s insurance. Wechtel works for an insurance company. He would profit. I bet his stock options go up too!
Also, in this article Roger Kelley from Tyler technologies states he calibrated the computer system appraisal systems that the tax office has used to value properties. Really…
The tax office is not using fair class assessments. He didn’t fix anything, personally I think he fixed it to drive assessments up! Remember he has NO appraisal license.
Yeah, he fixed it all right.
The worst is the classification of land which was not updated for all of these developments. You know the same people who want to destroy the ridges in Madison County.
I brought this classification of land to the attention of Diana Norton months ago. I specifically noted how these lots in Seven Glens. Matt Wechtels subdivision where he sat as Homeowner association president for years, were classed as Rural Vacant instead of Rural Improved.
My lot in my subdivision is classed at Rural improved so I have to pay more than Wechtel and his sleaze of Seven Glens who have been operating for their own benefit outside the Madison County Ridge ordinance.
This malfeasance is why these land and lot values are coming in so high. You cannot properly calibrate these numbers unless you fix the classifications. Diana Norton is not qualified to be a tax administrator or an appraiser.
Tyler Technologies is involved with major ethical issues including Ransom Ware. Below Wechtels lot under its new assessment still classified wrong this is a violation under the Machinery Act of NC…
What does Diana Norton the Madison County tax administrator know?
I was contacted by a resident in this county because they were not getting their deeds filed properly by the tax office. This resident had been trying for two years to get these deeds filed correctly. This resident had a copious number of emails that she had directed to Diana. Norton never responded back to this taxpayer. In fact, when I spoke to Norton, she claimed she had never received them, again another lie.
I contacted Diana, Honeycutt and the board of Commissioners in an email and requested they fix the problem. A few days later I noticed that Matt Wechtel had responded to the Colonel in this email and inadvertently emailed me also. Wechtel was discussing this transfer issue about Diana in a closed session meeting of the commissioners. I was concerned that he was up to something, so I notified Diana about it. Her immediate response was ” I only want to get my years in to retire, if they fire me, I will contact the state.”
Diana Nortons appraisal license requires that if she is aware of any impropriety by which she works and uses her license, she is required to notify the state immediately.
Look folks this county has operated with individuals in county government positions who are unqualified for years. The commissioners and Honeycutt want it that way because it is easier to control the employee. This is why Homer is building government with more employees because these new employees vote for them. Wechtel is the reason that these employees who are hired “Under a Grant” are never terminated after the $$ runs out. We the taxpayers are stuck paying for Wechtels ignorance.
Homer Honeycutt- the colonel is identical to Tyler Technologies he has the same ethics and will do the Republican Partys bidding,
The Internet is full of “Tyler Technologies” malfeasance. So why didn’t Madison Government catch this?
A Lawsuit Over Property Tax Assessments Reveals the Perils of Contracting Out Tech
Software provider Tyler Technologies has been accused of overvaluing properties in Missouri’s second-most populated county—and it’s not the first time they’ve been in the hot seat.
This summer, residents of Jackson County, Missouri began receiving surprisingly-high property tax bills. As part of the county’s biannual reassessments, some residents saw their taxes go up by as much as 83 percent; one homeowner saw the value of her mobile home increase nearly 400 percent from $40,000—overvalued by $10,000 in 2021—to its current revaluation set at $202,000. This, county officials have claimed, is the result of contracting out their property assessment process to an external contractor, Tyler Technologies, a Plano, Texas-based public sector software provider.
In a $17.9 million contract signed in January of this year, Tyler Technologies agreed to provide the county with a full reappraisal process and data management services over the next two years. But the process has been marred by issues. According to local news outlet KSHB, parcel data was returned late; Tyler also agreed to manage property owner appeals of their reassessments, but their phone system didn’t work properly and was set to Eastern (not Central) time, and employees also failed to arrive on appeal calls over Zoom.
Attorney Ken McClain has filed a class-action lawsuit against Tyler and the county on June 20, “in response to the property tax assessment, arguing the county did not properly notify property owners in a timely manner,” , Kansas City’s NPR affiliate. But this is only one of several instances in which Tyler has been accused of poorly executing municipal contracts. Data transition issues abounded in a contract with Lubbock County, Texas, which resulted in difficulty obtaining legal discovery and records, and the Lubbock, Alamedia County, California, and Shelby, Tennessee counties wrongfully jailed individuals after switching to Tyler software products. These, and myriad other issues, have reportedly extended over multiple years, adding taxpayer costs to existing multi-million dollar contracts. (These ongoing problems haven’t stopped the state from deepening their relationships to Tyler Technologies—in late June, the city of Branson contracted with Tyler for comprehensive financial management, human resources, utility billing, and other services; in July, Missouri State Highway Patrol signed an agreement with Tyler for computer-aided dispatch services and public safety analytics.)
What Rod Honeycutt and these commissioners are doing to our county will set a precedent of poor leadership and government graft for years to come.
It will be these commissioners -Tax administrator Diana Norton and this corrupted feckless company Tyler Technologies who will be judging all of us who choose to appeal these egregious tax assessments. From the article above get ready these are same people who did this to Missouri residents don’t expect the tax department to help you either:
In a $17.9 million contract signed in January of this year, Tyler Technologies agreed to provide the county with a full reappraisal process and data management services over the next two years. But the process has been marred by issues. According to local news outlet KSHB, parcel data was returned late; Tyler also agreed to manage property owner appeals of their reassessments, but their phone system didn’t work properly and was set to Eastern (not Central) time, and employees also failed to arrive on appeal calls over Zoom.
RAO
I have requested the contract Madison County has with Tyler but don’t your breath they have denied Legal Public Record Requests from me since 2023. I am preparing a lawsuit against the county to remedy this.
If anyone has the same issues with Madison County, please contact me. I wonder how many Republicans who appeal will be given special treatment just like when Bill Briggs was Clerk of Court.
Here is my email which I have sent to Madison County to get comp sales to appeal this assessment. I suggest all of you do the same just use your own pin numbers. You need a record of this to show they are not complying with the NC Machinery act.
Under the state open records law, N. C. Gen. Stat. sec. 132-1 to 132-10, I write to request access to and a copy of:
Name of company and or individuals involved in the 2024 property reassessment
Specific factors in calculations including sales which are comparable used to determine my 2024 new assessment for each of the following pins:
8754714482000
8754717099000
8754614207000
8754719143000
8754718313000
8754810122000
8754718212000
8754718377000
Per your agency’s instructions for appeal this information is needed to form my appeal and is time sensitive.
If your agency does not maintain these public records, please let me know who does and include the proper custodian’s name and address.
If you decide to deny this request, please provide a written explanation for the denial, including a reference to the specific statutory exemption(S) that you rely on. Also, please give all segregated portions of otherwise exempt material. Please be advised that I am prepared to pursue whatever legal remedy necessary to access the requested records. Violation of the open records law can result in the award of reasonable attorney fees, for which you may be held personally liable.
Thank you for your assistance
If this assessment situation does not get the attention of the taxpayers of this county; it will become its history.
There are many ways to challenge what these Reprobates have done. It may get to the point of filing a class action lawsuit against the county, the tax administrator and these commissioners.
Larry Leake’s assessment went up 132 percent so did many other prominent Democrats. You may not like Larry Leake, but he has a right to have fair tax assessment on his property as do all of us. He should appeal this assessment. These numbers are all over the place inconsistent with the NC Machinery act requirements.
Don’t let Rod Homer Honeycutt’s legacy that he appears to be working toward for political purposes; be the destruction of your heritage, your home and Madison County.
These Republican Commissioners are building government and funding ridiculous expenditures.
Our population as of 2022 is 21,414 from 2021 of 21,269 growth is .7% under 1 percent.
So, tell me how you believe anything coming out of these Jackals mouths?
Government is growing at a rate three times of Madison County’s population growth. That is a fact. Building government for the sake of government is the greatest threat residents of this county face.
Honeycutt lied about a revenue neutral adjustment in this story below by Johnny Casey of the News Record Sentinel.
In the article, Matt Wechtel, Bill Briggs Jeremy Hensley show how intellectually stunted they are when dealing with budgets and reevaluations. Commissioner Alan Woodpile Wyatt has even had the audacity to go onto Facebook and claim it was the last commissioner’s fault.
The buck stops with you Mr. Wyatt. Your Chair and Vice chair who are up for reelection in November voted with them and at any point you could have stopped this reevaluation from going forward. But hey you are relying on advice from your unfit County Manager- Rod Homer Honeycutt.
Military personnel do not belong in county government.
If the property owner disagrees with the decision rendered by the Board of Equalization & Review, the property owner may, within 30 days of the date on the notice from the Board of Equalization & Review, file an appeal with the North Carolina Property Tax Commission.
Most of these cases will be heard in Raleigh, North Carolina. An appellant must file an appeal with the Board of Equalization & Review before filing an appeal with the North Carolina Property Tax Commission. If the property owner or the Assessor does not agree with the decision made by the North Carolina Property Tax Commission, appeals can then be made to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Caseys story below:
Property tax dropping to 36 cents from 50 cents as Madison approves $33.1 million budget
By Johnny Casey, Asheville Citizen Times,25 days ago
MARSHALL – For the second consecutive year, Madison County’s budget will see a 3% increase in General Fund appropriations.
County Manager Rod Honeycutt presented the proposed budget to the county commissioners and outlined the county’s 36 cents per $100 valuation tax rate, down from 50 cents per $100 valuation rate in 2023-24.
Honeycutt thanked Finance Director Kary Ledford for her collaboration throughout the process,
“Development of the FY 2024-25 budget during a property revaluation year added complexity,” Honeycutt said, referencing the state General Statute 159.11, which requires a county budget officer to include a statement of the revenue-neutral property tax rate for the budget. The revenue-neutral property tax rate is the rate that is estimated to produce revenue for the next fiscal year equal to the revenue that would be have produced for the next fiscal year by the current tax rate if no reappraisal had occurred.
“The revenue-neutral statement compares property tax revenue that would have been generated using the same mill rate and collection rate from the previous year,” Honeycutt said.
Honeycutt said the county issued 293 new construction permits in FY ’23.
Based upon this figure and the projected tax revenue at the 50 cents per $100 valuation, the county would have generated roughly $13.8 million. According to Honeycutt, this is an increase of more than $1 million from the previous year’s budget of of $12.7 million, based upon the same 50 cents per $100 valuation and 96.7% collection rate.
Honeycutt said the new budget’s 36 cents per $100 valuation will generate $13.3 million in revenue, a decrease of nearly $474,000 from the fiscal year 2023-24 revenue-neutral property tax rate of $13.8 million.
“The main takeaway is we are operating just over $400,000 less in property-neutral, which will reduce the tax burdens on the taxpayer,” Honeycutt said.
According to the county manager, “incremental fund increases” were necessary in some of the county departments. Public safety and transportation saw two of the biggest increases from 2023-24, as the public safety appropriations will jump from $8.5 million to $9.1 million, and the transportation appropriations are up to just under $1 million from $683,000.
Two additional factors — the expansion of the state Medicaid program and the Wages and Fair Labor Standards Act’s increasing the minimum wage of federal, state and local governments — also contributed to the increase, Honeycutt said, adding that the expansion of the state Medicaid program added $422,000 to the budget.
Internal factors for the increase included employee recruitment and retention, such as targeted pay bumps and raising the minimum wage for county employees to $13 per hour.
Board discussion
Board of Commissioners Chair Matt Wechtel pointed to the 36 cents per $100 valuation reduction as “a major cut.”
“I want to thank our department heads, our county staff and the Colonel, for all the work that was put into this budget,” Wechtel said, “Kary, and Amanda, and Mandy and Brandy and Hannah, and everybody that had a role in it. I didn’t mean to leave anybody out, but I know all the folks there at Elizabeth Lane had a lot to do with working on this budget and putting it together.”
Wechtel said of his nine budget cycles, “this, by far, has been the best organized and probably, from a commissioner standpoint, the easiest process I’ve been through, so I want to thank and commend staff for that.”
Commissioner Bill Briggs said he appreciated the work of the county, estimating the county met 12 times during this budget cycle.
“Just think of the time it takes, and when you’ve got $33 million to try to distribute, that’s not a lot of money, when you compare it with Buncombe County, which is $600-plus million, and the city of Asheville, which is another $300 almost, we’re comparing $33 million because we’re a bedroom county, so to speak, to Buncombe County, to $1 billion, with a ‘B,'” Briggs said.
“So you see what we’re up against. I just think they’ve done a tremendous job on this budget. I’ve been in a few budgets, but like Mr. Chairman says, this is one of the best ones that I’ve witnessed. It was laid out, and even I could understand it.”
Commissioner Jeremy Hensley said the 36 cents per $100 valuation tax rate was the result of the county commissioners vying to get “as close to revenue-neutral as we can get it.”
“We looked at it, and if you go down to 35 cents, that’s more or less you’re not collecting as much taxes as you did last year off your real estate,” Hensley said.
“Then, you take into consideration that your vehicle taxes are going to go down, so we’re not collecting as much off of vehicle taxes either. So, when you get your tax bill, your taxes are probably going to go up, but it’s going to be as close to revenue neutral as we can get it.”
Hensley said the commissioners went up to 36 cents from 30 cents after figuring out that the 35 cents figure would put the county at revenue neutral.
According to a copy of the budget ordinance, it is estimated that the following revenues will be available in the General Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.
Current year’s real property taxes: $13.3 million
Intergovernmental revenues: $9.5 million
Local option sales tax: $6.6 million
Fees: $1.5 million
Other revenues: $427,000
Interest on banking accounts: $396,000
Current year’s motor vehicle taxes: $854,000
Prior year’s real property taxes: $343,000
Interest and late listing fees on taxes: $140,000
Franchise taxes: $8,000
Commissioner Alan Wyatt reiterated that the reappraisal year created challenges for the county, but thanked his fellow commissioners for “their due diligence in really, really, really scrutinizing these numbers, and not just passing stuff off.”
Property revaluations will be sent out in the mail in the coming weeks, according to Wechtel.
“If you have any questions or concerns about those revaluations, first and foremost, I encourage you to reach out directly to the tax office,” Wechtel said. “The tax office can potentially handle your problem over the phone with the appraisers that are still going to be remaining with us for a period of time.
“The appraisers are the ones that are best suited for answering questions about their work. If you have concerns or you think an error was made, the appropriate time to do that would be right away when the appraisers are still here, because it’s easier for them to figure out if a mistake was made than it is for us to go back at the Board of Equalization and Review and have to try to determine whether a mistake was made, or whether someone is just being unreasonable, or somebody just doesn’t like what they’re having to hear.”
Wechtel reiterated the message he delivered in a series of town halls in February 2024 in which the county commissioners met with county residents to inform them on the revaluation process, in which he said the ratio of the county’s home sales compared to property valuations skyrocketed post-COVID, the state strongly suggested the county perform a revaluation in 2024.
Johnny Casey- News Record and Sentinel
Sounds like a bunch of old frat boys patting each other on the back while they raise your taxes and not their own. Fried Chicken using the sanctimonious name Colonel in the same breath is comical if it weren’t so pathetic.
I think Honeycutt and all these commissioners have a personality disorder like megalomaniacs they want to be big shots, but they are doing it off the backs of the taxpayers in Madison County.
Let’s see their taxes…
Matt Wechtel– His lot posted from above is valued at $65000
In 2023 it was valued at 48,000 only increased 35.49 %. Taxes in 2023 -$240.00 new tax $234.00 His taxes go down $6.00
Jeremy Hensley– This freeloaders taxes go down-42 percent in this revaluation- 147 Strawberry Lane – This is an unaudited Agriculture Welfare property.
2024 REAL VALUE should be $ 135,566- but it was lowered by Diana Nortons tax office to 2024- $42,082- Tx value in 2023 was $50,042. Tax bill in 2023 – $250.21. Tax bill 2024- $151.00
HENSLEYS-0 Strawberry Lane- 3.77 acres. Another Agricultural Welfare Property-Property this one is under the five-acre requirement. 2024 value is $70,320 he is not paying his fair share on $65,796. His 2024 value is now $4524. Tax bill 2023 – $22.62, 2024 is $16.28 PRICELESS
HENSLEYS- 160 Strawberry Lane this one he couldn’t get on the dole. 2024 new value $512,131. Tax 2023 – $1393.98. 2024 Tax- $1843.67 – Boo Hoo the Hensley’s having to pay an increase in property tax of $ 449.69.
Hensley’s-Agricultural Welfare Pin 9768-12-1247- 5.59 acres total value he is not paying is $68,983. His new value for 2024 is $5,098. Because it is in Agricultural welfare and he and the commissioners lowered the millage rate this freeloader’s taxes have gone down 13 percent must be Nice huh, folks. 2023 Tx $24.84- 2024 tax- $18.35.
Hensley’s- Agricultural Welfare pin 9768-12-2862 -14.49 acres new value for 2024 – $ 161,073 deferred amount is $145,065. He is only paying on this new value of $16,008 his tax bill in 2023 was $56.59 his tax bill for 2024 is $57.62-Oh my Jeremy will now have to pay $1.03 cents more
Michael Garrison – 163 Kelly hunter road – this piece has one of his kids on it they use a disability exemption to lower rate by $131,240 2024 value – $454,950- 2023 minus $131,240. I sent Garrison an email asking him about this exemption and a subsidy payment for his taxes, which he refused to answer. These commissioners and employees are paid by us that actually pay taxes in this county. 2024 tax-minus exemption $1637.82 -2023 tax $696.09
Garrison pin 9737-44-2192 23.04 acres vacant- 2024 value 196,729 in 2023 it was 95,815. new bill for 2024 – $708.22– pretty much doubled from 2023
Garrison- 189 Grace Lane – 2024 value $223,212 – 2023 value- $129,318 Tax bill for 2023- $646.59-2024- $803.56–
Garrison- 141 Grace lane-2024 assessment- 1 acre $29,600 2023 value – 19,614. 2023 tax for this lot- $98.07 for 2024 tax $106.56 Only went up for this swell $8.49 –
Garrison- 77 Grace -4.59 acres with home2023 value $400,394- 2024 new value- $661,774- 2023 tax 2001.97- 2024 new tax – 2382.00. Went up $380,03
He is laughing all the way to the bank that is why he can’t help but take pictures of himself…
Alan Woodpile Wyatt – 2024 reassessment value- $223,298- 2023- $144,259 Taxes in 2024- $803.00 2023 taxes – 721.30 – his tax went up only $81.70
Bill Briggs who campaigned on the fact- “that people voted for me because I didn’t raise their taxes and I look out for their interests.” 2024 new assessment- 260,317 – 2023- 165,820 – 2023-tax bill – 1,338.34- new 2024 tax bill – $937.141 – Are you catching on to their scam your taxes are going up but Mutt and Jeffs are going down – you can’t make this up!
The NC Machinery Act requires all counties to appraise uniformly. The purpose of the reappraisal is not to provide revenue or tax breaks but isn’t this what they are doing?
This county has failed under Diana Norton, Rod Homer Honeycutt, and all five of the commissioners to audit half a billion dollars in potential tax fraud in the Deferred Land Use program. The freeloaders who are on this plan are paying less in this reassessment. Diana Norton is required by law to assess 8 percent of these properties each year. She is required to go out to the property owner and do the assessment. She has never done this and this Reassessment on its base is flawed because of this incompetence by Madison County Tax office and Madison County Government.
Below is a property that should be classed as Commercial, but it is in Agricultural Welfare and has been for years:
This is Ernie Ramseys property has a Cell tower and a gas tank business and Diana Norton has it taxed as Residential VACANT:
This is definitely an unfair assessment in Madison County folks …
You have the right to appeal, and every property owner should. You also have dump fees and rising fire taxes. Why isn’t this county auditing these fire departments before they allow them to raise their rate?
I have decided what I am going to do if this county treats me unfairly in this appeal. I intend to start a non-profit Nudi-Church. I am going to name it “Jeremys Burning Bush.”
Next story – the Budget and I am loaded for bear and more on this Reval.
Population is not growing in Madison, but the freeloaders are…
Both increasing categories in Homer Honeycutt’s budget are directly related to population growth. If there is no substantial population growth, how do you justify these numbers?
The hallmark of a military budget ” Let’s not worry about making a cost-efficient effective budget let’s just throw money at it.”- CH
This is why these appraisals are so screwed up 
