Camano Islander Dale Smith, in an Aug. 20 letter to the editor (“All was fine before John Dean”) reported that, before I was elected, his property taxes were half what they are today.

A check with the Assessor’s Office shows Dale failed to mention he owned vacant land before I was elected and then subsequently built a $426,000 home on the property.

Of course his property taxes about doubled. It was the new house that made the total property now worth about $600,000. Somebody blow a whistle and cry “foul.”

John Dean

Camano Island