Ecccch. More idiotic assessment hijinks being chronicled at the Tin Can. If you haven't gone over this territory with me before, well, head over here first. Check all the links, then come on back.

The assessors had from August 20 when the appeals were submitted until November 13, after the hearings were completed to meet and apprals due to the Louisiana Tax Commission to meet with taxpayers and explain the situation or try to reach a settlement. In 85 days that would have required Mr. Williams (the most appealed assessor) and his staff to meet with about 35 people per day.

Let me make this final point. Injustice it where you find it. I found it in my mail box, after two years of trying to get my address changed and several trips to the tone deaf assessors office.

The assessors who issued incorrect assessments in the tens of thousands and refused to meet with us, the voters and tax payers, citing (among other excuses) the need to close City Hall. Assessors who, elected by us, failed to continue to meet with us after the filing date passed to mediate disputes. Assessors who refused to take any affirmative action to discover and correct their own mistakes. All of them contributed to the distrust of the local government in Orleans Parish.

I understand Erroll Williams is planning to run for the single assessor of Orleans Parish in the next election. The rumor is he has brokered a deal to hire all of the former assessors. He can count on my vote for his opponent.

And everybody's thinking the battlefield is overseas in the Middle East. Not to mention the fact that a quarter of our fellow Americans think we're still under water.

My head hurts.