Slotnick wasn’t named to the governor’s property tax task force. While he couldn’t be reached for comment in time for this story, Slotnick has made tax reform a central piece of his reelection efforts.

“This year we kept our tax increase of the county as a whole to below the level of inflation,” Slotnick said in a statement announcing his campaign for reelection. “Yet people’s individual property taxes soared. That’s because the equation at the core of the Montana property tax system crushes homeowners and renters, and this must change.”

Slotnick said counties across the state “now feel this problem acutely” and added that the “appetite for fixing the system has never been greater.”

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City Club Missoula Video – Treasure State Taxes: Shedding Light on Montana’s Tax System (Best way to understand our current situation)

Commissioner Slotnick speaks at 28:40 of the video