Steve,
That is pretty much the way it is here. Our politicians have nice homes on acres of land and their property taxes dropped a big amount during this depression. Some of their homes are larger than my whole property, but my taxes has to go up because my small house has increased in value while all the others around here have gone down. They just announced that last months foreclosures was double what it was the month before and they have so many that are just starting they figure it will double again this month. And yet they try to say the economy is getting better. Creative paper work and lying again.
Ron