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As Jackson County property tax appeal deadline looms, one group is taking action https://t.co/68OPrg0T4I

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As Jackson County property tax appeal deadline looms, one group is taking action

JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. —

Jackson County homeowners are running out of time to file an appeal over skyrocketing property taxes.

The deadline is July 10.

One of the final workshops is getting under way later Wednesday night in Kansas City.

Several have been held throughout the area over the past few weeks because so many people have been struggling with their assessments.

Property taxes, in many cases, have gone up 90 percent and higher from over two years ago.

The assessments have left a lot of people angry, confused and scared about what they will do if they are forced to pay taxes based on these new numbers.

One group is doing something about it.

They plan to hold a rally on Saturday down by the steps of the Jackson County Courthouse.

"We have got to somehow in Jackson County figure out a major plan of where they're at in the assessment department, because right now it's basically out of control," said Preston Smith, a Jackson County resident.

The protest is designed to get the attention of Jackson County in hopes that what they are calling a broken assessment system will get fixed before people lose their homes.

Wednesday night's workshop is at the Longview campus.