Letter: Special assessments, dubious benefits on Lake Zumbro
To the editor:
Lake Zumbro property owners in Wabasha County got their pockets picked at the Olmsted-Wabasha Joint Powers Board Assessment Hearing on Sept. 12 as appeals were quashed and assessments for the dredging project were locked and loaded. Now, it’s just a matter of paying your assessment and receiving your special benefit – whether perceived or real.
In recent years a Lake Zumbro Improvement District (aka taxing district) was re-established to partially fund the dredging project via assessments to Lake Zumbro properties.
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