Volume 7 , Issue 38

1920 - Open Letter To The Woods County Assessor...

[taken from Renfrew's Record, Friday, Oct. 15, 1920, Alva, Okla., Woods County.] -- Honorable Robert M. Strong, Assessor of Woods County, Alva, Oklahoma.

My Dear Mr. Strong:
As we are both aspiring to the office of Assessor of Woods County it is but right that we let the voters know in advance what our policies will be in determining valuations.

As present assessor you no doubt realize that the most vital part of a county's existence is the revenue collected in the form of tax. There is a law compelling the people to pay their taxes on their property as assessed, but no law compelling the assessor to place a just valuation, the law-makers leave that to the good judgment and honesty of the assessor.

I have just had published a list of the personal property tax payers of the City of Alva. The amount of taxes each should pay was determined by the valuation placed on these different properties. Are you willing for the voters to judge your future actions by what this list shows your past actions as assessor to have been? If not I will gladly meet you in as many precincts as possible before election, and you can tell me, in the presence of the voters what you propose to do and I, in turn will tell you and the audiences what they may expect of me as their assessor. you can get me by phone or address me at Alva. Respectfully, S. A. Stech."   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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