When local officials get apparent sweetheart deals, it naturally arouses public suspicion. When other officials who signed off on the deals won’t clear the air, it further encourages speculation of wrongdoing.
That’s what’s happened in the case of four Madison County councilmen — Rick Gardner, Mike Gaskill, Mike Phipps and David McCartney — who received reductions of the assessed value of their property over the past two years, thereby driving their property taxes down.
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That’s what’s happened in the case of four Madison County councilmen — Rick Gardner, Mike Gaskill, Mike Phipps and David McCartney — who received reductions of the assessed value of their property over the past two years, thereby driving their property taxes down.
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- Assessments of eight of Gaskill’s properties fell by a combined 24 percent, reducing his tax liability by $3,585.
- Assessments of eight of Gardner’s properties fell by a combined 20 percent, reducing his tax liability by $1,206.
- The assessment of one Phipps property fell by 58 percent, reducing his tax liability by $352.
- The assessment of one McCartney property fell by 7 percent, reducing his tax liability by $35.
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