City to Release New Assessments ; Portland's City Attorney Rejects a Newspaper Request to Provide Tentative Valuations Immediately.

Portland Press Herald › March 12, 2004

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Portland officials have decided to mail out new property values despite a decision last month to halt a revaluation that is expected to increase the overall residential tax burden by about 12.5 percent.

City Assessor Richard Blackburn said his office will finalize new property values during the next three weeks and mail them out on Friday, April 2. Still, the city will delay implementing the new values for one year, so tax bills won't reflect an increase in property values until July 2005. The new values will be updated at that time to reflect current market conditions.

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City to Release New Assessments ; Portland's City Attorney Rejects a Newspaper Request to Provide Tentative Valuations Immediately.

The city had planned not to disclose the data while the revaluation was on hold. It decided to release the numbers after city councilors, residents and the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram asked for the information, even though it was...

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