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Page A-2 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020
Weekend collision kills 1 near Kamilche
BylVlichael Heifibé’éii "
michae/@masoncounty com
A two-vehicle collision early Friday evening on
state Route 108 near Kamilche killed a 25—year-old
Union man and injured a 37 -year-old Camano Island
man.
According to an initial Washington State Patrol
press memo issued early Saturday morning, about
6:15 pm. Friday, Thomas Bindara—Wilson was driv—
ing a 2002 Honda Accord westbound and lost control
of the vehicle on a curve. The WSP report states the
Honda crossed the road’s centerline and struck an
eastbound 2020 Toyota RAV4 driven by a 37 -year-old
Camano Island man.
Emergency responders airlifted Bindara-Wilson
to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
A follow-up WSP press memo issued Saturday
night said Bindara—Wilson died while at Harborview.
The driver of the Toyota was taken by first re—
sponders to Mason General Hospital in Shelton with
undisclosed injuries. Passengers in the Toyota —
boys ages 4 and 6 and a 35-year-old woman — were
uninjured, according to the state patrol. An update on
the condition of the Toyota’s driver was unavailable
as of the Shelton-Mason County Journal’s deadline.
WSP reports both vehiCles were totaled in the ac-
cident, and states it was unknown whether drugs
and/or alcohol contributed to the accident. The initial
WSP memo stated charges against Bindara-Wilson
were pending investigation.
The cause of the crash is listed as “speed too fast
for conditions” in the WSP report.
Mason County property tax statements have new look
a; Michael Hansen"
michae/@masoncounty.com
When homeowners receive prop-
erty tax information in the mail this
week from Mason County, they’ll
'surely notice the paperwork has a
new look for 2020. They might not
like the change to their bottom line,
warns Mason County Treasurer Lisa
Frazier.
Frazier wrote in a Feb. 13 news
release that changes made in 2019
by the Legislature mandated adding
additional information on the back
of property tax statements to include
descriptions of the Property Tax
Exemption Program (RCW 84.36)
and Property Tax Deferral Program
(RCW 84.38.).
“The county treasurer seized upon
the opportunity to revamp the entire
statement to more clearly show how
your total taxes break down,” Frazier
wrote in the release.
This year’s tax statements add the
new state require
ments, and give
property owners a
percentage break
down of how each
of their taxing dis-
tricts contribute to
a total tax bill.
" Property taxes
are due by April 30.
Those with a tax
1 bill of $50 or more
can pay half before May 1, and second
half property taxes are due by Oct.
31. Taxes become delinquent for the
full year on May 1 if no payment is
received on or before April ‘30. Inter—
est and penalty charges accrue on all
delinquent property taxes.
There are several changes in 2020
to income level qualifications and res-
idency requirements for the senior/
disabled tax exemption program. For
detailed information on those pro—
grams, visit www.co.mason.wa.us/as—
sessor/index.php.
Frazier
Also in the release, the Treasurer’s
Office warns property owners that
most will see tax increases, “largely a
result of state legislation.”
Properties are taxed for their
share of state, county and local tax-
ing districts, such as fire and emer-
gency medical service, school and
port districts. Aside from state taxes,
property taxes are budget-based. The
state allows local taxing districts an
annual 1% increase and an allow-
ance for new construction. Individual
property tax changes vary based on
changes in value in comparison to
other properties within the same tax-
ing districts, and voter-approved levy
increases.
State property taxes only fluctuate
due to assessment valuations. The
state property tax levy increased by
$0.55 per $1,000 of assessed value
from a year ago.
Also .on the statewide level, the
Legislature approved a local school
district levy lid increase from $1.50
to $2.50 per $1,000 of assessed value
this year. That means increases in
school enhancement levy property
taxes in 2020 for those in the South-
side, McCleary, Elma, Shelton, Mary
M. Knight, Pioneer and North Mason
school districts. Grapeview School
District property taxes remain at
steady from 2019 at $0.85 per $1,000
of assessed value. Property owners in
the Hood Canal School District will
see an $0.11 per $1,000 decrease in
their school property taxes from 2019.
For questions about property tax
levies or assessed property values,
contact the Mason County Assessor’s
Office at 360-427-9670, ext. 491.
For more information on forms of
payment or others questions, www.
co.mason.wa.us/treasurer/index.php,
call 360-427-9670, ext. 475 or visit
the Treasurer’s Office from 9 a.m. to
4 pm. Mondays through Fridays on
the second floor of the county’s ad-
ministration building at 411 N. Fifth
St., Shelton.
Residents set to vote in presidential primary March 1 0
By Michael Heinbach
michael@masoncounty.com
Residents might still be feel-
ing the buzz from last week’s
Mason County special elec—
tion, which saw voters in six
taxing districts five school
and one fire and emergency
services district — chimein on
property tax levy measures.
And though the county
Canvassing Board won’t cer-
tify special election results as
official until Feb. 21, regis-
tered voters in Mason County
should already be receiving
ballots in the mail this week
for the March 10 Washington
2020 presidential primary
election. Ballots for the presi-
dential primary were mailed
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Mason County residents.
The Elections Department
of the Mason County Auditor’s
office this week issued ballots
locally that feature 13 candi-
dates in the Democratic Party
primary, and President Don-
ald Trump on the Republican
Party ballot. Among those vy-
ing for the Democratic presi-
dential nomination on the
Washington ballot are front-
runners U.S. Sens. Elizabeth
Warren and Bernie Sand-
ers, former Vice President
Joe Biden, and former South
Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete
Buttigieg. Also included are
former New York City Mayor
Mike Bloomberg, U.S. Sen.
Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep.
Tulsi Gabbard.
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voters are instructed to indi-
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cate a political party of choice
on their ballot envelopes in
the space provided. Residents
can only vote for a single can-
didate from the party selected
on the envelope. Voters also
can ‘write in a candidate not
listed on the ballot. Votes for
more than one candidate on
any ballot will not be counted.
For those wishing to reg-
ister or update their voting
status in time to vote in the
presidential primary, March 2
is the last day for online and
mail-in registration. Register
online or print out a voter reg-
istration form by visiting the
county’s elections website at
www.masoncountyelections.
us.
Residents can register or
update voting status in per-
son through election day to be‘
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eligible to vote in the presiden-
tial primary. Do that between
9 a.m. and 4 pm. Mondays
through Fridays at the Au-
ditor’s office, located on the
second floor of the county’s ad-
ministration building at 411
N. Fifth St., Shelton.
Voters can send- their .bal-
lots, complete with prepaid
return postage, back to the
Auditor’s office, though they
must be postmarked by March
10 to be counted. Residents
can also submit 'ballots in any
of the eight ballot drop-box lo-
cation throughout the county.
They’re in the following loca-
tions:
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administration building, 411
N. Fifth St.; Shelton Timber-
land Library, 710 W. Alder, St.
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Highway, Shelton.
For more information on
the presidential primary,
voter registration and every-'
thing elections related, visit
the Elections Department
website, visit the Auditor’s 0f-
fice in person, or call 360-427-
9670, ext. 470.
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