05/19/2026
Hey, Jackson County Government: just because you can make life harder for residents and businesses, doesn’t mean you should.
Here we have a local business owner trying to follow the rules ahead of offering his property as a rental and once again, Jackson County proves how difficult they can be for entrepreneurs who are simply trying to comply with the rules and contribute to the local economy.
First came the assessment disaster that hammered homeowners, seniors, landlords, and renters. Now you’re hitting local small businesses with the same mix of red tape, botched assessments, and bureaucratic nonsense.
As a small business owner, I know what happens when government makes it harder to grow, hire, and invest. Businesses don’t stay where they’re treated like ATMs.
And when organizations, and major employers, like Lockton and others, start looking elsewhere, maybe the problem isn’t the businesses — maybe it’s the leadership.
We need transformative improvements to our assessment department, better communication, effective training, fair taxes, less bureaucracy and red tape, competent leadership, and a county that actually supports growth and innovation — not chases it away.
