Malfeasance - Reassessment

Hey folks, I've got unwelcome visitors coming to my house this year. If you live in Horry County, they're coming to see you, too. Who could it be now? Why, it's the tax assessors, armed with a clipboard and a gleam in their eye. Yes, it's that magical time again when we get to reassess the value of our homes and brace ourselves for the inevitable sticker shock when the tax bill arrives. It's like a twisted game of Monopoly, except instead of passing Go and collecting $200, we're passing the buck straight to the county coffers.

Now, I'm no mathematician, but even I can tell you that when property values skyrocket faster than a bottle rocket on the Fourth of July, so do our tax bills. It's as if our humble abodes have suddenly transformed into beachfront mansions overnight. Last time I checked, my backyard wasn't equipped with a private yacht dock, but who am I to argue with the whims of the tax gods?

And let's not forget the joys of living in a tourist destination like Horry County. As if we don't already have enough snowbirds flocking down here like migrating geese, now we get to foot the bill for the privilege of sharing our slice of paradise. It's like paying for the honor of being stuck in traffic behind a golf cart with a "I Brake for Gators" bumper sticker.

But fear not, my fellow Horry County residents! In the immortal words of Scarlett O'Hara, "Tomorrow is another day." And who knows, maybe by then the tax assessors will have traded in their calculators for a crystal ball, and we can all live happily ever after in our slightly overpriced slice of heaven. Until then, I'll be counting my pennies and dreaming of a world where property taxes are as predictable as a Southern summer thunderstorm. If you have a dissenting opinion, then do me a favor, keep that tired old story about the high taxes you paid back home in Yankee-Land to yourself.

Saturday Cartoon 3-16-24

It's pronounced Or-ree!!!

This first edition offers some insights into this weekly article and provides a brief history of Horry County. Our readers can expect an array of subjects, topics, and stories, both current and past, that have opinion, fact, and some stories passed down over time with no collaboration aka Horry County lure. No subject will be off-limits, and the goal is to be entertaining, informative, thought provoking, and simply a fun read. Horry County: Pronounced (OR-ree), was occupied primarily by the Chicora Indian before English settlement in the early 1700’s. Not named Horry County until 1801, initial settlement was in 1732 by English settlers that made their way up the Waccamaw River from Georgetown to settle on a high bluff area overlooking the river where history claims the group of explores killed a bear eventually naming the area Kings Town in honor of the English King to later be named Conway. Located in the easternmost region of the State, fr...

Rankin Out of Touch

Luke Rankin is out of Touch with Voters Horry County Senator Luke Rankin put himself in a political box last week that he will find it difficult to get out of as reelection time rolls around. With reform of the process which elects judges in the state being a hot topic among the voters and other elected officials, Rankin chose last week to voice support, in an hour-long speech on the Senate floor last week, for the current process. As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Vice Chairman of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission, Rankin has a lot of say in who becomes judges in South Carolina. He probably can’t be blamed for wanting to keep that power in his hands. However, 695,791 voters in the recent South Carolina Presidential Primary election answered a question included on the ballot of whether the current process of electing judges in the state should be reformed. Over 91 percent, 634,345 to be exact, said YES. When 9 out of every 10 voters disagree with the positio...

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