I don't have ready access to 17 years of data, but if we look at the last four years of data published by the treasurer and assessor, it seems that:
City of Olympia property tax revenues increased 7% total
With municipal park district included, city of Olympia property tax revenue increased 11%
Consumer Price Index - Urban West increased 18%
Jim Lazar property value has increased 53%
Jim Lazar property tax rate decreased 25%
Jim Lazar property tax payments increased 16%
All of these are cumulative changes over four years, not annual average changes.
Note that the first two values are for the city of Olympia only. I assume that reflects the perspective of the Olympia city manager.
The last two values reflect the overall property taxes for Jim Lazar. Other jurisdictions, notably the Olympia School District, increased tax collections much more than did the city of Olympia. This may explain why Jim Lazar's perspective is inconsistent with the city manager's.
https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/thurstoncountywa.gov.if-us-west-2/s3fs-public/2024-01/2024LevyBook.pdf
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0400SA0
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