This might have been discussed before so forgive me if I am bringing up old news.
Should the city evaluate property for taxing purposes, the same buyers and sellers evaluate property for buying and selling? john harris camden --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2004, at 12:26 PM, Victoria Heller wrote: > > > Even more intriguing is the fact that the Midwest Plaza building > > (attached > > by skyway to the IDS building) has dropped 50% in taxable/market value > > over > > the past five years to a current $8.9 million. True, it's smaller > > than the > > IDS, but it's not just a blip on the sidewalk. > > I think the point is that Mpls real estate goes up as well as down. It > isn't all negative examples, as some suggest. > > I have questions into the assessor's office about how they perform > valuations, especially on recent sales. > > But regardless of the "developing" (for years on this list) "scandal" > about assessments, at least we can do away with the notion that it's > only bad times and fleeing businesses/investors in Mpls's future. > Clearly, there are many heavyweights rushing in. > > By the way, did anyone notice that Gander Mountain recently lost 25 > percent of its stock value ? This is AFTER St. Paul threw $700,000 at > the company to relocate there. Remember this the next time anyone says > Minneapolitans should replicate the Capitol City's corporate welfare > policy. > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5077387.html > http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2004/09/20/daily37.html > > David Brauer > Kingfield > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
