And we have continued to go to the Globe and every other outlet to say over and over again this is not a matter of he said, they said, this is clear facts. And The city does not have the discretion to make our own decisions about how taxes are assessed. We are following a very rigid, very clearly delineated state tax law system. I wish we had more discretion to be able to change different pieces of it and to offer relief in the ways that it is very much needed right now. (10:17–10:25)
CLAIM
Asserts that the city follows a state tax law system without discretion in tax assessments.
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