Attention veterans everywhere in Maine: Has your town or city sent you a note from the tax collector letting you know after all these years of having been granted a small veteran’s exemption on your real estate taxes that they now have to re-establish your eligibility?

It’s bad enough to even be sent a letter, but to receive a two-page questionnaire, somewhat infringing on our privacy, raises the following questions:

Who is responsible for this update request? Tax collector? Assessor? Governor? I doubt it was implemented by the U.S. Department of Defense, so who did it?

Yes, I’m an old veteran and can’t imagine anyone falsifying his/her name on a document proclaiming to be a veteran. Or am I so outdated that towns and cities in this new era believe people would do such a thing? Perhaps?

I have read that people can not only lie about their service but also can even say they are a Medal of Honor recipient and not suffer any repercussions. Sad but true. I know of such a person.

I hope this letter gets some answers.

Frank D. Slason

Somerville


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