..or you simply don't pull a permit. 'Round these parts, it's more common than not to simply avoid getting the county involved when possible, although I don't

..or you simply don't pull a permit. 'Round these parts, it's more common than not to simply avoid getting the county involved when possible, although I don't doubt the building department uses satellite data to catch the more outrageous avoidance. You do have to wonder why your taxes go up if it were based simply on assessed value. Should the total .gov take go up simply because property values increased? I'd be more attracted to the idea if you took the government budget and parceled it up based on your property's comparative value. For one thing, people would keep a lot closer eye on expenditures than they do given a system where the tax never changes (or slowly increases over time).