From the Treasurer

Hello Je erson County, Every tax year I receive a few calls from taxpayers asking the County Treasurer to lower or waive their property taxes for various reasons.

e County Treasurer’s O ce does not have the legal authority to lower property taxes or waive property taxes per state law.

e Treasurer’s O ce and the state of Colorado do have programs available for seniors or people with disabilities. More information is available on these programs at the following link: https://www.je co.us/2416/Help-forSeniors-People-with-Disabilitie

If you believe your property has been incorrectly valued or classi ed, you may can also le an appeal with the County Assessor. For information on this process, please view this link: https://www.je co.us/431/Appeals underway. Phubbing short-circuits that process, which means the mental health of the individual is compromised. And that impacts their ability to function e ectively in their personal lives.

Phubbing, when practiced by tweens and teens, has major implications for their future professional and civic roles. And that in turn has immense rami cations for our entire society. Growing societal ssures are threatening our democratic processes. If they continue to widen, we will be in danger of becoming socially and thus politically dysfunctional. And if that happens, we can kiss o the American experiment.

We have survived the Civil War, the Great Depression, the Cold War, social upheavals and many other crises. And we are confronted with other existential crises, the per dious threat to our democracyand climate change being at the forefront. But I wonder if phubbing might be the most insidious and potentially destructive crisis of all, one that no miracle vaccine or social program would be able to halt. e reason is a successful democracy is totally dependent on a healthy, respectful exchange of ideas among an informed,fact-based citizenry. And phubbing helps sabotage that. For as George Bernard Shaw points out, hate is bad enough, but callous indi erence to others is quite another.

Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for ought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.

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Jerry DiTullio

e TABOR Value of Temporary Mill Levy Adjustment report for 2023 has been posted on the Je Co Treasurer’s web page. is easyto-read report is crystal clear on the impacts of the TABOR revenue cap on the County’s budget and the ability to provide services/projects for County residents and businesses. For example, in 2023 the County will not legally collect $5.1 million in revenue that could be used for a variety of services and projects in Je erson County.

See Link: https://www.je co.us/ DocumentCenter/View/37784/TA-

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