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Issue: 1072 Date: 3/10/2011
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St. Louis County Assessor candidate Zimmerman met with Chinese community leaders
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| (from left to right, Professor Cody Ding, UMSL, Jake Zimmerman, Jimmy Chu, Asian Restaurant Task Force (ARTF) |
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St. Louis County Assessor candidate Jake Zimmerman met with St. Louis Chinese community leaders at Mandarin House Chinese restaurant on March 6. He said that St. Louis County families deserve an assessor who is fair, accountable, independent, and responsive.
It is the first time Zimmerman got together with Chinese community to share his vision of this new created government position. Accompanied by St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, Zimmerman was warmly welcomed by a group of 20 people who came from different Chinese organizations and associations.
Zimmerman, a Democratic state representative, says he can't control property taxes, but if elected he will work to control unfair practices like drive-by assessments.
"This office has very little control over what the taxes are people pay at the end of the day, " Zimmerman said, "But this office has a lot of control making sure everybody is treated right and making sure no one group, no one interest, no one set of the favored few are getting a better deal than everybody else."
Zimmerman is running against Republican L. K. "Chip" Wood, a real-estate executive, on April 5. It's the first time the county assessor will be determined by voters, rather than appointed by the County Executive.
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