First section of Email exchange between Carl Weimer and Assessor Keith Willhauer

First section of Email exchange between Carl Weimer and Assessor Keith Willhauer

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 NOTE THE REFERENCE TO THE SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE POSTED APRIL 16th.  OUR ARTICLE IN THE FOURTH CORNER APPEARED HERE: CLICK HERE FOR Fourth Corner MARCH 30TH STORY Describing the Property Value Concerns.

This from public records: first e-mail between Carl Weimer and Keith Willnauer on Easter:

From: Carl Weimer
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2017 7:59 PM
To: Keith Willnauer
Cc: Jack Louws; Mark Personius; Karen Frakes; Council
Subject: Koster Op Ed on the Hirst Case

Hi Keith,

I saw a couple of days ago an op ed in the Seattle times by John Koster where he claimed if Hirst is not fixed it will cost the taxpayers of Whatcom County $271 million. I don’t remember the Council ever being given any information about such a tax shift, but he says it comes from the County Assessor. Can you please provide where that number came from and the math that was used to produce it?  I would like that information before the Council discusses our proposed resolution regarding the Hirst Case on Tuesday morning.

The Op Ed can be found at:  http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/fix-court-decision-property-without-water-is-worthless/

Thanks

Carl

Carl Weimer, Member

Whatcom County Council

The response to the question raised came from County Assessor Keith Wilhauer He said simply:

“Recent calculation estimates for Hirst Impact”