“This opportunity landed in my lap a little earlier,” he said.
“Some people I know said to throw your name in the hat and see what happens. . . " Cook also said he hopes to restore public confidence in the office and create a “one-team culture” in the office where team members feel valued.
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Chief Deputy Assessor Tim Boncoskey will be leaving the Maricopa County Assessor's Office next month after 14 years of service to Maricopa County.
His last day of service to Maricopa County will be Friday, Feb. 14.
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Another story from Gilbert Sun News
Cook resigning Tuesday to become Assessor
The appointment roils Gilbert politics in a number of ways, creating the first of two vacancies that will be filled by appointments rather than voters and setting up a potentially wide-open race for mayor that already includes incumbent Councilwoman Brigette Peterson.
As you can see in the image included in Chan's story, there was one person sitting in the background during the press announcement. Most people had their minds on other things - Friday was Valentine's Day for one thing. Keep in mind also that February 14th was the day Arizona became the 48th state in 1912.
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11 applications were received with 5 finalists getting selected to be interviewed for Maricopa County Assessor position at the beginning of the week.
There's been a lot of shuffling on board seats: After Denny Barney left to become chief executive officer of the East Valley Partnership, Steve Churcri was got that job. Newest member Jack Sellers came from the Arizona Department of Transportation. . .
Eddie Cook said he thought his work serving on regional boards, such as the president of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association helped him gain the coveted county position.
> Chucri made the motion to appoint Cook.
> Cook still has two years left on his council seat, which means someone will be appointed to fill the remainder of his term.
> Cook said he plans to run for a full four years as assessor now that he’s got the job.
“I’ve talked to my campaign people that if this happened this is what we should be doing,” Cook said.
> “This appointment is very important for a number of reasons,” Chucri said.
“I’ve known Eddie Cook for eight years.
He’s the right leader for the right time.”
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The county assessor’s office
> locates all taxable property in the county,
> identifies who owns the property and
> determines how much the property will be taxed.
> The assessor’s office also determines which properties receive tax exemptions and deferrals and
> maintains the tax assessor parcel maps.
It is an elected position . . .Cook said he intends to run for election for the assessor’s position in November as a Republican, though it will require him to gather more than 4,000 signatures in seven weeks.
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Cook's appointment lays bare a record of using the same tactics to gain seats of power:
1. A vacancy is created
2. Fill it with an appointment to get a chosen one on the job
3. Deliver the votes when it's for an election
4. Repeat
It's a formula game-plan that works time-and-time again!
In the case of Gilbert:
> Former mayor John Lewis resigns to get an LDS mission to Cambodia
> Jenn Daniels gets appointed to fill the vacancy as the incumbent, and gets elected
> This year Jen Daniels resigns after a divorce, creating a vacant for a new appointment
> This year with the resignation of Eddie Cook, it's double - creating the first of two vacancies that will be filled by appointments rather than voters
In the case of Mesa:
> Former mayor Scott Smith resigns to create a shoe-in to the mayor's office for John Giles, who runs un-opposed to get elected in 2014
> Termed-out Councilmember Chris Glover endorses his own cousin Jake Brown to run for office, saying at that time "he's the right person at the right time". Brown got defeated.
> When Jerry Lewis announced his campaign to gain a seat on the Mesa City Council, he was endorsed by both Scott Smith and John Giles on the same day. He was defeated.
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AZ Department of Revenue Approves 2021 Notices of Value
"The fruit of our hard work to assess more than 1.6 million parcels in Maricopa County accurately and fairly has been a tremendous success."
(All got done while Bill Wiley was the interim assessor)
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The Arizona Department of Revenue approved our 2021 Notices of Value earlier this week. "Because of the great work by your team, no equalization is necessary," they wrote.
View more of the statement below and be on the lookout for your 2021 Notice of Value in late February!
