St Louis county just did some of this for their property declaration system. It used to set right there in the website: An ugly set of forms, but perfectly func

St Louis county just did some of this for their property declaration system. It used to set right there in the website: An ugly set of forms, but perfectly functional. Apparently they ordered a rewrite to yet another contractor, and now you get a link to.. stlouismosmartfile.tylerhost.net. Following the link, from the county's own website, warns of a third party link! The link prompts the user to register... and the validation email, unsurprisingly, is sent to spam, and then flagged as risky by gmail! Enough red flags, you'd think it's an old soviet military parade, but no... when you call the county, they say that yes, this isn't them getting hacked (again), but the way things are supposed to be. This is something everyone that owns any property and is a resident of the county must fill out: About half a million accounts will be created in two weeks. Making sure that all of this comes from the county's domain? Too difficult for them. And all for a website on the other side that doesn't look much better than the old one.