Brett Mandel Wants Us To Throw Our Taxes In River

The city recently reassessed properties, therefore raising property taxes. In what will be a shock to no one who gets emails from him, Philadelphia Forward’s Brett Mandel wants us to revolt! KYW 1060’s Mike Dunn reports:

Shades of the Boston Tea Party: activists in Philadelphia are calling for a massive taxpayer revolt against sweeping property tax reassessments. [...] “Everyone should appeal, because the BRT can’t substantiate that being people are being taxed uniformly. So until they fix the system, they shouldn’t be increasing anyone’s taxes.”

He wants all the 400,000 owners with reassessed properties to all file appeals so the city is buried in so much paperwork it can’t do anything. Which, admittedly, would kinda be awesome. What if City Hall was covered in paper all the way up to the scaffolding-covered William Penn? Oh, man, that would even be cooler than the gingerbread house-style City Hall during Christmas.

Also, yes, this is a lot like the Boston Tea Party. Can we dress up as Indians while we file our appeals?

Philadelphians Urged To Appeal Tax Reassessments [KYW 1060]