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Answers to your questions about Fulton County property assessments

Fulton County residents listen to a presentation of Dwight Robinson, chef appraiser, during Emergency Town Hall Meeting to discuss about Property Tax Assessments hosted by Fulton County Office of Chairman John Eaves at Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Credit: Hyosub Shin

Fulton County residents listen to a presentation of Dwight Robinson, chef appraiser, during Emergency Town Hall Meeting to discuss about Property Tax Assessments hosted by Fulton County Office of Chairman John Eaves at Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Arielle Kass
June 14, 2017

The weather is not the only thing warming up these these days. Many Fulton County property owners are hot and bothered after receiving property assessment notices that show dramatic increases to their property values.

Elected officials are scrambling to respond to angry taxpayers after residents started seeing new assessments.

The increases led some governments to ask the county Board of Assessors to consider rescinding the assessments, though others — most notably, Atlanta Public Schools — requested that the assessments go forward as planned. Thursday, members of the board are slated to make a decision.

They will meet at 12:30 p.m. at the Fulton County Government Center.

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Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.

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