If you were at the October 16 American Fork City Council candidate debate or listened to the audio or watched the video, you might have wished for some detailed background about how property taxes work. Here I’ll give you that background as concisely as I can, then say a few words about the candidates with respect to these issues.
(My other responses to what I heard at that debate are in the previous post. It’s about twice as long as this one.)
This post is heavy on information, for those of who seek only that here, but the closer we get to the end, the more you’ll get my opinions.
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Melinda (and earlier commenters), thanks for reading, and especially for sharing your thoughts.
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The chamber did post a video! I'm glad they did. Here's the link to the debate: https://youtu.be/o4aI9MRoI_c?si=9j5JGKI1TVyL1ab2