Two comments:
1) I think the vast, vast majority of people don't h understand how mill rates work. The media report the tax increase from the budget, and people see the tax increase on their bill. I don't think assessment sleight of hand wins anyone political points.
2) I'm surprised they bumped you right back up. We won an assessment case on a condo about 7-8 years ago. Our unit was assessed way higher than what we paid for it within a couple of months of the date, and other sales in the same (70s vintage) building were in the same ballpark. The assessor was using comps from larger units in nicer/newer buildings, which are way more valuable. Anyway, we won very nearly what we asked for, and our assessment was way lower than the other units in the building for the whole 5 years we owned. It went up by about the same proportion as the other units every year.
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