By: RonB on 3/15/09
“To me in Rutherford County, it’s not like what you see in the news … Rutherford County is not like what the rest of the nation is like,”
Oh yes Mr. Boner, our county homes have magically increased in value while the rest of the entire world has experienced a downturn in values. I am awaiting my assessment to see if Mr. Boner will receive my vote in the next election. The way he is talking makes me believe he will be a one term wonder.

By: Trvlace on 3/15/09
Yeah here in good old Rutherford our property is worth 10%+ more than the market will bear when used to figure property taxes. This are is obviously unaffected by and economy or anything for that matter. We have only the best of officals and services so we DESERVE to pay MUCH more taxes every year and we ALL applaud tax increases on our property showing our county wide pride, we even get on the stick a year early in raising our taxes to fund our near celebrity officals! RUCO, Love it, or Leave it!

By: Trvlace on 3/15/09
Lets have a big show of hands for tax increase approval!! HooRah! (sorry, left that off my post)

By: diddlede on 3/15/09
I'm almost certain there will be no hands to go up on increasing our taxes. I'm just waiting to see what happens on our home appraisal. We did add a deck 4 years ago
so we will just see how much this raises our property tax. The new appraisal better not raise our property tax more than the deck was worth or I will be calling for a reappraisal.

One of our neighbors made additions and improvements last year that priced their home out of the market in our neighborhood. Can't wait to see if their propety taxes increase! They are buddy, buddy with Boner. If everything is fair on the appraisals I will not be upset at all.

By: UnionLady1055 on 3/15/09
It is good news for me to hear. There are 2,572 homes for sale in Murfreesboro. That does NOT include the county properties. No telling how many are in forclosure. I am glad we are not in "Bad Shape". Now does anyone know how to get Mr Boner to come tell BOTH my neighbors who are in forclosure that the down turn hasn’t affected values in Rutherford County. I am sure they will be glad to hear that. Boner gonna bid on their property I guess and keep the VALUE up.

Anyone want to know what Bill Boner is paying?

http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/

Have fun

By: Curious on 3/15/09
I don't know when this interview was done, but I spoke with Mr. Boner last week and he said that, for the first time, values decreased in Rutherford County in February. We shall see. We shall see.
We might also want to be saving to have an independent appraisal done ... that's the only way we'll be able to unequivocally refute their assessment.

By: Farmall on 3/16/09
After what we had, Boner is a breath of fresh air. Mind you I will be awaiting my appraisal and it better not be higher than last year. There was a forclosure on my street two weeks ago, it went for slightly less than half than a house of the same size went for just over two years ago. Yes Rutherford county is not affected.

By: ItsGood on 3/16/09
Let me get this - you people want your property value to go down for taxes and you people want your property value to go up if you are selling your house / land?
Is that correct?

By: RonB on 3/16/09
What "we people" want is a fair and honest assessment. Property values have decreased, so should our taxs. Anyone who sells property now should not expect to receive a premium price.

By: Farmall on 3/17/09
The answer to "ItsGood" is yes. A property tax is a wealth tax. Its a penalty for being able to afford a nice home. Property taxes pay for the schools. People on the lower end have more children, so the rich are subsidizing the middle and lower end. Yes I would like to pay less taxes and get premium dollar for my house. I will settle for a fair and honest assessment.