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BARRINGTON, R.I. -- Over 400 taxpayers have sued the Town of Barrington and are requesting that the court throw out the property valuations recently set by the town.

The group, represented by lawyer William R. Landry, have named the the Town Council, the tax assesssor, the town manager and the finance director in its suit, which was filed this week in Superior Court in Providence.

The suit seeks to set aside the assessments performed by Vision Appraisal and asks that the court return to the Dec. 31, 2008, valuations. The taxpayers, who have turned out in force at two public hearings on the statistical revaluation, claim that Vision Appraisal's assessments contain numerous errors and do not reflect the recent downturn in the real estate market.

The group, called Barrington for Equitable Taxation, demanded that the Town Council reject Vision Appraisal's work and petition the General Assembly for permission to postpone the town's revaluation until next year, a suggestion that the council rejected after hours of public testimony.

The suit asks that the court provide the plaintiffs with "appropriate relief", including damages related to the assessments.

For more information, go to barringtontaxes.homestead.com

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isaura cabral said:

way to go barrington taxpayers i wish east providence taxpayers got together and did the same how city officials get away with what they do is beyond me i guess that as long as they have theirs they don't care about anybody else it's outrages how they keep increasing property taxes when property values have gone down and people are losing their
jobs

Link | May 27, 2009 5:51 PM
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