Every year, Sen. John Alario, D-Westwego, proposes a constitutional amendment to double the homestead exemption to $150,000. And every year, after business and local government groups testify against the plan in committee, it dies there. What’s changed this year — creating more buzz about his perennial bill in years — is the sticker shock of owners of houses that were realistically reassessed in 2008 for the first time in years. That, in turn, caused one young real estate broker to begin an on-line petition to raise the exemption to $160,000, which, said organizer Joshua Kahler, would cover the inflation that has taken place since the last increase in 1982. To read the full column, click here.
Viewpoint: More, not fewer, should pay taxes
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