Kansas Legislature was a train wreck on property taxes - The Leavenworth Times

Kansas Legislature was a train wreck on property taxes - The Leavenworth Times

After an election cycle in which virtually every legislative leader in Topeka admitted that property taxes was “the” issue, the Kansas Legislature’s response was much like Marie Antoinette’s response to starving peasants during the French Revolution: “Let them eat cake.”No systemic change was adopted to the current Kansas property tax regime that is based upon “comparable market value.” This approach allows yearly spikes in taxes tied to increas…