Kansas City Small Biz Brights Property Tax Fight To Jeff City

Locals plead their case to the Missouri House this week . . . Here's a quote that stands out: 

“This specific tax fight is not just bad policy. It’s an economic eviction notice of small business owners and property owners in Jackson County,” Davis, owner of Blip Coffee Roasters, told members of the Missouri House of Representatives Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform. 

“If this continues, it will not just force closures, but force relocations to states that value and protect their local businesses,” he added, in a video that spread widely across social media platforms Thursday.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

'Economic eviction notice': Property owners decry tax spike as 'death sentence for small business'

State lawmakers could be Jackson County business owners' last hope, said Ian Davis, testifying Wednesday in the state capitol about spiking property tax assessments that have seen entrepreneurs hit with increases of up to 2,000 percent with little recourse and a murky appeal process.