The Tax Assessor’s Role. A conversation with Joe Minicozzi.

Joe Minicozzi, urban designer and principal at Urban3 in Asheville, NC, has been digging into his local tax assessor’s data and finding some real head-scratchers. For example, how is it that Donald Trump’s former lawyer Sidney Powell has a house that is both bigger and in better condition than her poorer neighbor, a retiree and Vietnam vet living on a fixed income, but her’s is assessed at a lower property tax rate? It’s facts like these that make you question the entire system. When Minicozzi turns his focus to the Kansas City metro area, his tax analysis shows the pervasive impact of redlining still felt today. Using his skills for graphical communication, Joe tells the compelling story visually, in three dimensions. Here is our fascinating conversation.