Five members of the Board of Revision of Taxes are
suing to keep their $70,000-a-year jobs. The BRT members appealed Tuesday (March 9) to the state Supreme Court seeking to knock off the ballot question, due to appear in the May 18 primary, that abolishes the BRT and fold the agency into the Finance Director's office. The job of the BRT is to assess real estate and hear appeals of those assessments. The BRT members are appointed by the city's judges, sitting as the Board of Judges. The members argue that the agency was created by the state legislature and can only be shut down by the legislature.
