Trepidation would be a good word to describe my feeling following the reading of “Lake dwellers should brace for higher property values” in The Times (Sunday). Perhaps I overreacted to what I perceived was a slight adversarial tone in the article presented by the author and chief appraiser or just my recent elevated lack of trust in government. In either case, my angst is driven by the knowledge that several lake houses and lake lots in our subdivision have been on and off the market by the same owners for six-plus years.