[TowerTalk] Deed _protection_ for antennas using CC&R's

[Gene Smar]

TT:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Anderson" <WW5L at gte.net>
To: "Alan NV8A" <nv8a at att.net>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>; "J. Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT" 
<w2ttt at att.net>; "'Hank Garretson'" <w6sx at npgcable.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Deed _protection_ for antennas using CC&R's


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>
> To my knowledge, the Tarrant County Appraisal District (one of 254 such
> agencies in Texas--one in each county and what a boondoggle in my my
> opinion. They're not there to assure "fair" appraisals, but to maximize
> land values as much as they can so govts can get as much $$$ as they
> can) has never used the fact a ham antenna was in a neighborhood as a
> reason for lowering a property's value--at least they haven't lowered
> anyone's property around me for that reason.
>
> Tom, WW5L
>
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     I've written about this on TT before:  A few months after I erected my 
tower in 2001 I received a new tax assessment for my home and property.  It 
went UP.  I received another assessment last year - it, too, went UP.

     FWIW.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F