2016

An interesting post at Honolulu journalist Ian Lind’s blog, “City’s explanation of discrepancies in real property tax assessments don’t satisfy,” commenting on a recent piece in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser about the City and County of Honolulu’s method for appraising residences for property tax purposes (“Home price, taxable value can diverge“). 

If…

Here’s a good one from the Ohio Court of Appeals to start off your 2016.

In State ex rel Greenacres Foundation v. City of Cincinnati, No. C-150038 (Dec. 30, 2015), the court agreed that the City’s failure to issue a demolition permit for the “Gamble House,” which the City claimed was a…