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Phoenix resident Lynne Weaver is spearheading an effort to place a statewide ballot measure asking Arizona voters to allow homeowners 65 years old or better to be exempt from property tax levies. / Paradise Valley Independent

Arizona seniors decry unfair nature of property tax levies

By Terrance Thornton | Paradise Valley Independent

Phoenix-area residents are banding together to gather signatures in an effort to place a citizen-driven initiative on the November 2020 ballot seeking relief of property taxes levied against homeowners over 65 years of age.

Proponents of the effort say seniors throughout Maricopa County — and Arizona — are losing homes and being forced to downsize away from familiar neighborhoods and some find themselves in dire straits.

Phoenix resident Lynne Weaver, chairperson of Proposition 13 Arizona, says property taxes levied by various taxing districts throughout the county — unified school districts, municipalities and fire districts, for example — are having detrimental effects on local seniors.

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