Property tax: BoCC will not fight 1% limit

Whitman County commissioners Monday voted to not pay $3,000 to a campaign by the Washington Association of Counties to change the state’s annual revenue limit of one percent on property tax revenue. The Washington State Association of counties has asked members for the one-time assessment to lobby the legislature to lift the one percent limit.

The WSAC proposal wants the limit to reflect cost inflation and population growth.

“I struggle with this one,” said Commissioner Michael Largent. “We have budgetary constraints that are compelling on this one. We’re not contributing to that effort.”

Larg...