Why tax assessors in Louisiana are free to low-ball properties of elected officials  

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Rapides Parish Assessor Rick Ducote has updated some of his numbers after the Louisiana Illuminator published an investigation that revealed he assigned super-low property values for multiple elected officials, resulting in minimal tax obligations—and even tax bills totaling zero in some cases.  Sheriff Mark Wood, for example, has been billed $0 for property taxes on

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