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Date: May 18, 2003 <br><br>
</font><font size=6 color="#FF0000"><b>Alert #18: Next State Board of
Equalization Hearings on May 30th<br><br>
</b></font><font size=4>Dear Property Owners,<br><br>
Our next hearing before the Nevada State Board of Equalization will be on
Friday, May 30th. Our attorney, Norman Azevedo has been given 3
hours to present our case. Prior to the 3 hour presentation, Norm
will first present four motions to the Board:<br><br>
1) Allow new evidence to be introduced since the County Board of
Equalization Hearings.<br>
2) Be permitted to subpoena the Washoe County Assessors for deposition in
which to gather additional evidence for our cases.<br>
3) Allow additional property owners to be heard who did not file an
appeal with the Washoe County Board of Equalization by January 15th, but
did file an appeal with State Board of Equalization by March 10th. <br>
4) To reject the Washoe County Assessor's appeal to deny the 10% lake
front reduction.<br><br>
<b>Following is the tentative schedule for the May 30th hearings:</b>
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<dd>8:30 AM<x-tab> </x-tab>Norman Azevedo to present the four above
motions and the Board to rule on those motions.
<dd>11:00
AM<x-tab> </x-tab>Norman
Azevedo to present our tax valuation inequities
<dd>12:30
PM<x-tab> </x-tab>One half
hour lunch break
<dd>1:00 PM<x-tab> </x-tab>Norman Azevedo to continue his
presentation
<dd>2:30 PM<x-tab> </x-tab>Washoe County to present their opposing
arguments
<dd>4:00 PM<x-tab> </x-tab>Board to discuss both sides and then make
a determination on what to do next
<dd>5:00 PM<x-tab> </x-tab>Adjourn<br><br>
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</dl>This will be a very important hearing where the Board's decisions
regarding Norm's motions plus his presentation will have a significant
impact on our challenges to the assessment practices by the Washoe County
Assessors Office.In order to make a strong statement to the State Board
of Equalization, we need a <b>LARGE</b> turn out of Incline Village &
Crystal Bay property owners. Additionally we need to underscore the
concern and anger over the outrageous 31% increase in our total assessed
property values.<br><br>
Mark May 30th on your calendar and plan on attending the next State Board
of Equalization Hearings. We will issue another <b>Alert</b> on Tuesday,
May 27th, which will include the time, place, and the final
agenda.<br><br>
Go to the following link for subsequent announcements and agendas from
the State Board of Equalization:
</font><a href="http://tax.state.nv.us/taxnew/meetings.htm" eudora="autourl"><font size=4 color="#0000FF"><u>http://tax.state.nv.us/taxnew/meetings.htm</a><br><br>
</u></font><font size=4>Sincerely,<br>
Wayne Fischer, Web Master<br>
Tax Revolt Committee Member<br><br>
If you have questions or added comments, please direct them to:<br>
Ted Harris, Chairman Tax Revolt Committee, <br>
The Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.<br>
831-3914 or
</font><font size=4 color="#0000FF"><u>tedgh@nvbell.net<br><br>
</u></font><font size=4>PS. For the latest Bonanza article on our
tax revolt, which appeared on Friday, May 16th, go to:
<a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/Page1.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/Page1.html</a>
Click on the first link. Also listed on this page are additional
previous articles on our tax revolt.<br><br>
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