No real estate property taxes for seniors on ballot - with Cape County resident as spokesperson Phyllis Diebold
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A Cape Girardeau County ballot initiative is underway that would allow voters to decide whether to implement a freeze on real estate property taxes for seniors age 62 and older, effectively preventing further increases in county property taxes for qualifying older homeowners. The effort follows new Missouri legislation enabling counties to adopt a Homestead Property Tax Credit for seniors, but only if local voters opt-in, and Cape County residents have been gathering signatures to get the measure placed on the ballot. One of the local organizers and spokespersons for the initiative is Cape County resident Phyllis Diebold, who has emphasized how rising costs for utilities and everyday essentials are straining seniors on fixed incomes and making it harder for them to stay in their homes