John Dean

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.