Lawmakers must look at entire taxing system

Reasons abound for lawmakers to revisit the state’s 2-year-old property tax reform legislation. But they shouldn’t approach the issue piecemeal. That’s what got us in this predicament in the first place.

Point of sale reassessments, which are kicking in for the 2008 tax bills, are the latest complaint lightning rod. New market-value assessments come into play now when property changes hands or is extensively renovated.