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Minneapolis removes tax demand that was blocking rebuilding of riot-torn areas
Star Tribune ^ | Jeffrey Meitrodt

Posted on 08/14/2020 4:53:58 PM PDT by Libloather

Minneapolis officials will no longer require property owners to prepay the second half of their property taxes in order to start removing rubble from sites damaged in the May riots.

Mayor Jacob Frey announced the change Thursday after the Star Tribune reported on the controversy.

Minneapolis property owners have complained that the policy was slowing the recovery and turning piles of debris into safety hazards. The situation is different in St. Paul, which has been issuing demolition permits without requiring the prepayment of the second half of 2020 property taxes, which are due in October.

Frey said the city will begin issuing permits and waiving demolition fees for any properties damaged in the riots “irrespective of whether taxes have been paid.” The new policy went into effect Thursday.

“I recently learned about the predicament and took quick action to fix it,” Frey said in an interview. “For the sake of our businesses, we need to be removing every last possible barrier to recovery and reopening.”

Minneapolis property owners applauded the move, but they also complained about a continued lack of support from city and county officials. They hope that officials will expedite approvals going forward and help them by lowering the assessments on their heavily damaged properties.

“It is refreshing to see them doing the right thing,” said Steve Krause, owner of Minnehaha Lake Wine & Spirits, which was destroyed in the rioting. “But the taxes are outrageous. They are based on improved real estate, and obviously the real estate is no longer improved. It is devastated.”

Krause had to pay $17,116 in taxes on his property to get a demolition permit because his building is still valued at $363,400, according to county property records.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: civilunrest; frey; minneapolis; riot; riots; taxes
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To: Libloather

You would think that the property taxes on a burned out building would be significantly less than normal.


21 posted on 08/14/2020 6:26:49 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: Jonty30
-- They were mostly peaceful. --

The rubble is mostly peaceful too.

22 posted on 08/14/2020 6:28:46 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Mr. Jeeves

“It is refreshing to see them doing the right thing,” said Steve Krause, owner of Minnehaha Lake Wine & Spirits, which was destroyed in the rioting.

Doing the right thing .... hell, they conspired with the rioters .... are you an idiot and are you going to prove it by rebuilding?


23 posted on 08/14/2020 6:47:40 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: Libloather
“But the taxes are outrageous. They are based on improved real estate, and obviously the real estate is no longer improved. It is devastated.”

Krause had to pay $17,116 in taxes on his property to get a demolition permit because his building is still valued at $363,400, according to county property records.


Why does he need a demolition permit if the building is already destroyed?

And of course his building is still valued at $363M. Assessors already did their assessments for the year back in spring, and unless he filed a protest, AND the county delayed it, then it's already set for the year. The city doesn't update that valuation on a daily basis, they're gonna wait until next year's assessment to do it on their own.

Did Krause file any kind of paperwork for assessment relief due to property damage? That should bring his property taxes down quite a bit, or is he just whining and not doing anything about it?
24 posted on 08/14/2020 8:49:26 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: Libloather

Democrat politicians are just a slightly higher class extortionist then the peasant looter.


25 posted on 08/14/2020 10:32:06 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound

FTA: $17,116 in taxes on his property to get a demolition permit because his building is still valued at $363,400

That is a very high tax.


26 posted on 08/14/2020 10:38:58 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Exactly so.


27 posted on 08/14/2020 11:21:03 PM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

I imagine property values have decreased so tax revenue will decrease. But that is easily fixed. Increase the rate.

The tax remains the same!


28 posted on 08/15/2020 12:50:43 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: dsc
How could anyone even conceive of such lunacy?

Easy. They are democrats. 👎

29 posted on 08/15/2020 1:12:09 AM PDT by Mark17 (USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot.)
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To: lgjhn23

+1


30 posted on 08/15/2020 1:14:59 AM PDT by Mark17 (USAF Retired. Father of a US Air Force commissioned officer, and trained Air Force combat pilot.)
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To: joshua c

They just increased property taxes in Nashville, TN by 32%. Nashville already had the highest tax rates in the state. One restaurant owner said he would have to close up because his property taxes would go from $55,000 a year to $72,000 a year.


31 posted on 08/15/2020 6:20:29 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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