Compare this to property taxes in New Jersey...
Even in Ohio property taxes are about 2-2.5% of the property's value every year. Arthur Russell, in the example given in the article, pays about half that and the mayor pays about a quarter percent.
Hidden deep in the article: The inequities for homeowners, he said, are created by rules that cap increases to assessments at 6% per year and no more than 20% within five years.
First build up the outrage (and I admit I fell for it), then sneak in the reason. This is like building up outrage about California property taxes without mentioning Prop 13 which limited tax increases. If the writer were honest this would have been in the second or third paragraph with more examples following.