Jackson County Exec Phil LeVota Leans Into Property Tax Crisis

For local homeowners . . . This is likely the best news they've heard in nearly a decade.

Here's the word . . .  

His number one priority for the next year will be relief for property owners who were shocked by big increases in their tax bills during the 2023 and 2025 assessment cycles.

“Every person, bar none, that I ever spoke to and have spoken to since,” LeVota said. “The reason that they voted Frank White out was the property tax assessments. … That’s clearly my mandate to fix that.”

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