Tax paybacks continue to sting across the county
December 7, 2018
They are Carlton County’s number crunchers. No-nonsense. Often unheralded if even noticed. Cogs in the government machine.
So when something has assessor Kyle Holmes and auditor Paul Gassert spooked, it’s a big deal.
The 300-pound gorilla both men are facing, as are all taxpayers in the county, is the repayment to utility companies for years they were deemed as overtaxed on their properties. Notably, Enbridge Energy, which has a huge footprint in the county as its pipeline network skims across the northern townships on the way to Superior.
Millions of dollars are at stake across the sta...
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