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  • Op-Ed CI-121: Putting Communities & Family Farms At Risk

    WALTER SCHWEITZER, Montana Farmers Union President|Apr 20, 2022

    Know the consequences before signing the petition to put CI-121 on the November ballot. At face value, CI-121 and freezing your residential property taxes may sound like a good idea. But if you further investigate the details of this misleading ballot initiative, you will find several adverse consequences. What is CI-121? It is a ballot initiative proposing a constitutional amendment that would freeze residential property value at the 2019 level and changes the assessed value to the acquisition value when purchased. This concept is not new and...