Land value assessments that increased as much as 800 percent triggered confusion and anger among Haines property owners this week.
The Haines Borough sent out its 2013 property assessments March 13 and began receiving appeals as soon as the next day, according to assistant assessor Dean Olsen. No reason was provided with the mailed assessments for the seemingly abrupt and arbitrary increases, several property owners said this week.
“There’s no explanation. You pick up your…
