To the Editor:

I am sending this in hopes that it might save some of my neighbors in Franklin and other WNC communities some aggravation and some money.  My wife and I travel south on U.S. 23/441 through Clayton and then Tallulah Falls on our way to the Atlanta airport fairly often. 

A challenger in the Haywood County commissioner race lost ground last week in a fight with the county over his property values, a three-year dispute laced with political overtones.

Denny King claims the county incorrectly pegged the value of his home and land, which in turn determines his property tax bill. King has accused the county of mass errors in a countywide property revaluation conducted in 2011, a criticism that is a cornerstone of his campaign for county commissioner.