Jackson County, Missouri legislators push for property tax relief [Video]

There’s a new push to give Jackson County homeowners some relief on their upcoming property tax bills.Legislators Sean Smith and Manny Abarca are working on a plan to cut the county’s levy or tax rate.It comes after tens of thousands of homeowners challenged their property valuations last year.One of them is Paul Rojas, a Korean War veteran and former Missouri state lawmaker.Last year, Jackson County claimed the value of Rojas’ 135-year-old home in Kansas City’s west side increased two and a half times from the previous assessment.“The effort they claimed to have looked at the property as its true value was a farce; it was an insult to us,” Rojas said.”If you’re over 60, you are twice as likely to get an increase of 50 percent or more; there’s some sort of problem with that,” Smith said.Rojas is one of the lucky ones.He was part of a group of people …