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Page 8 - Shelton—Mason County Journal - Thursday, Sept. 29, we»; 1' 9‘ as By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncoun 1y com Mason County Assessor Patti McLean, who states no party prefer ence, faces Republican challenger George Blush for another term in the office. WWW state What qualifications would you bring to the job of Mason County Assessor? I have many years ofbusiness management and nonprofit leadership and as a result I bring a completely ,Juit’nunnt outnumnurinn «n LL.“ AN,.,\W.,.M’H COHIIIDUIE to I’fi‘l’S’ position? : am M1125 "am—~ 2‘. and rebuild around it. There was no way for low—income a: in business this year. The Housing Au- thority was being taken advantage of by an out-of-state management com- pany. Since I be- came chairman of the board, we got rid of the manage- ment company and returned the power to our community! I love being able to help solve prob- lems and I believe this is definitely a Blush What qualifications would you bring to the job of Mason County Assessor? As the current Mason County As— sessor, I already have four years’ perience as assessor. l was hired in April of 1991 with very little knowl~ and duties of the job of assessor is to accurately follow A. Washington State law regarding an as— . sessor’s office along with giving taxpay— ers the knowledge to fully understand all the requirements of this office. There are many layers of this position that result in a tax bill that fund public services. McLean position where I can do that! edge of what an assessor’s oftice does. How do you This gives me over 31 years in an do you see as assessor’s offices, with the first 26.5 differ from your years in Mason County within the ad- the most nt ministrative side and then 14 months Opponent? with the Grays Harbor Assessor’s of- fice as an accredited appraiser before responsibilities and a , p . - _ _ _ _ _ helng elected in 2019. After starting llllrvl I"... IVI 'VI‘IJ to know about you nr flan finch-inn 'l-ha'l- position? I feel growing up in this county gives me a personal connection to this and Lfle quality 01 LBS assessors SL'dII S customer service. Not only am I dedi— KNOW seniors in our community to get help with pet food for their pets if they came up short. I built a team that more. That team feeds hundreds of local pets every month. A Fig.1:an :11. | - . I think it is important for voters to know that I am running for this po- sition because I want to see positive change. We have a broken tax svstem yuan 15 {12151115 DUI ll'lu'llufi auu 1161511- bors out of their homes and we need cated and compassionate about my position, I am also a person of Integ- rity, Accountability, and fairness and talus thiq inh vnrv enrinnclv Tovnnv- EI'S nave come to Know that they can stop by the office or call me whenever to fix it. I look forward to risin; to the thgy need to, I differ from my opponent because I have 31 years in an assessor’s of— they 'may not know? That the assessor cannot raise Drooertv values to increase taxes. VV usuiugtuu DL'dLB CUUJlLlefi uave UCUJI on a steady increase over the past few years. Per RCW84.40.030, all prop- erty must be valued at one hundred percent of its true and fair market value whioh than results in unnroo— euenteu market values. 1 axpayers need to understand that the assessor does NOT set the market", we follow