[Publius6961]

Class warfare makes a "view tax" perfectly acceptable, but morally and legally unjustifiable.

This trend needs to be nipped in the bud. If the decision is made by an elected official, vote him out.
If by an appointed or hired bureaucrat, fire him. Here is one area where timidity or hesitation is fatal.

If they can't wait until the property changes hands and the real value established by how much a purchaser is willing to pay, then too bad.
Arbitrary and capricious subjective self-serving governance has never been moral, legal nor Constitutional.

[1Old Pro]

This trend needs to be nipped in the bud. If the decision is made by an elected official, vote him out. If by an appointed or hired bureaucrat, fire him. Here is one area where timidity or hesitation is fatal.

Worth repeating.

[little jeremiah]

I agree with your comments.