In June, 84-year-old Phyllis Bambeck walked up to a podium in the Ohio Statehouse.
“Ohioans like me need help,” the retired Cleveland schoolteacher told a committee of state senators. “We have been – and are – responsible homeowners.”
Bambeck’s property tax bill has quadrupled over the last decade as investors have flocked to the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood on the city’s West Side. Now, she’s facing yet another tax hike as Cuyahoga County adjusts home values following a mass reappraisal…