Community Justice Project

Attorney Marielle Macher, whose clients forced Lackawanna County to reassess its more than 102,600 properties, says no to county request to delay implementing new values a year. The values are supposed to go into effect Jan. 1.

In a letter to a lawyer who sued the county to force reassessment, a Lackawanna County lawyer argues notices of new values sent to taxpayers didn't contain the current values for comparison as required by state law.

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The Community Justice Project, which forced property reassessments in Lackawanna, Schuylkill and Allegheny counties, sued Pennsylvania in the state's Commonwealth Court to get state officials to set standards that include requiring regular reassessments.