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Description
The July F+E issue reviews how eliminating the property tax would impact local budgets.
Also in this issue:
- An updated Annual Conference session schedule
- The President’s Column
- IAAO launches national campaign to explain the value of the property tax
- Longtime IAAO director retires
- The 2026 conference charity
- IAAO Library hot topics
- New IAAO designees
- Meet A Rep
Table of Contents
President's Column - Bill Healey, RES - p. 2
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“An informed public is essential to good public policy. Property taxes are often one of the most visible taxes people pay, yet they are also among the least understood.”
Library hot topics: The changing trends - Elizabeth Ferguson, PhD - p. 4
- "The halfway point of 2026 is a perfect time to check in with our user statistics."
Axing taxing strains local budgets - Riley Judd - p. 5
- Faced with a storm of voter frustration over increasing property taxes, state legislatures are enacting a broad range of cuts.
IAAO launches national campaign to explain the value of property taxes - Derek Helms - p. 10
- The campaign’s goal is simple: replace assumptions with understanding.
Longtime IAAO director retires - Keith Robison - p. 12
- Longtime IAAO tech and communications senior director Mike Ardis retired in June after 12 years at HQ. He’s soon returning home to the Dallas area.
2026 Annual Conference - IAAO Staff - p. 14
- The 2026 Annual Conference charity is Inn From the Cold, a Calgary organization dedicated to helping families overcome the obstacles that lead to homelessness.
- Conference schedule
Association news - IAAO Staff - p. 24
The inevitability of robo-taxes - Girard Miller - p. 26
- States will need to move quickly to capture new revenues to support workers AI leaves behind.
Publication Date
7-2026