Steve,
I got my property taxes the 1st of this month and of course they had gone up. But I looked at the appraised value of my house and it had jumped quite a bit. I called and asked them how it could be going up when all of the others around here are going down and there are so many empty houses. The never could explain that and I finally told them if they would pay me the cash they claimed it was worth I would take it. Boy, did that end the conversation. My place is small and is certainly not worth what they claim it is.
Ron