Like a good magician, Cass County Auditor Mike Monplaisir’s recent editorial on North Dakota property tax is nothing but slight of hand. He hopes to distract readers from the real issue–that property taxes have been out of control for the last ten years and people are losing their homes because of it–by pointing out that…
Cass County Auditor Misleads On Property Taxes
To hear Cass County Auditor Michael Montplaisir tell it in a letter to the Fargo Forum today, citizens of his county have nothing to complain about when it comes to property taxes. To make his case, he cites his own property tax record as well as that of outspoken property tax opponent Charlene Nelson. “Nelson’s…