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#22:</FONT> <FONT size=6>"Nevada Property Tax
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"Tahoe Tea Party"</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: auto 0in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Date </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix =
st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Year="2003"
Day="18" Month="7"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">July 18,
2003</SPAN></st1:date></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Dear Property Owners,</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">For those of you who live out of town
or were not able to attend the "Tahoe Tea Party" on Friday evening,
click on this link for the Lake Tahoe Bonanza report on our demonstration.
Link to the article here: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.tahoebonanza.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003307200101"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">http://www.tahoebonanza.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003307200101</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> . This article by Rick
Adair also appeared in the Nevada Appeal: <A
href="http://www.nevadaappeal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030720/NEWS/307200105/-1/ARCHIVES">http://www.nevadaappeal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030720/NEWS/307200105/-1/ARCHIVES</A> .
We were also given excellent coverage on Channel 8, on the </SPAN><st1:time
Hour="11" Minute="0"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">11
o'clock</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> news
Friday evening. </SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">As
mentioned in the article, the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Treasurer</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> mailed your tax bill last
Thursday and you should be receiving it this coming week. We
have prepared and you should also anticipate receiving in the mail next
week a letter to all Incline/Crystal Bay property owners suggesting
that every property owner pay their property taxes "UNDER PROTEST". Our
letter includes instructions and a simple form that you can copy (in
triplicate) and mail to the County with your tax payment. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">The District Attorney argued
before the State Board of Equalization that because our attorney is
representing only 123 property owners, who have filed appeals, that our effort
consists of only a "small number" of Incline/CB malcontents, this is simply
not true. We need to make a statement to the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Assessor</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> that there are thousands of
properties that have been over assessed. The overwhelming majority of
property owners were simply not aware of the illegal methods being used by the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Assessor</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> and that they must have filed an
appeal by no later than January 15th. Since we began publicizing our
efforts to challenge the Assessor we have had hundreds of inquiries on what
one can do to join our effort and make a statement of protest.
Unfortunately, unless you filed a formal appeal by January 15, your complaint
of over assessment will not be heard by the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Board</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> of Equalization nor the State Board of
Equalization for the tax assessments for this year. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">However; as we have recently
indicated, we intend to file a lawsuit to attempt to obtain refunds for past
years of over taxation of Incline/Crystal properties based on the assessor’s
illegal methods of valuation. We will also seek a court order requiring the
assessor to roll back the current assessments and re-do all appraisals in
IV/CB <U>according to the law.</U> The law states that tax
assessments must be "uniform and equal". We need to make a
statement to </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Washoe</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> and to a court of law that there are
thousands of property owners who have been over assessed and not just the
few who have appealed their assessment. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Paying your property taxes
under protest is a legal step, permitted by law, paying your
taxes “under protest” costs you nothing, and will</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red"> <FONT color=#000080>make a strong
statement when we get to court with our law</FONT> <FONT
color=#000080>suit.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Should you decide to join us in paying
your taxes under protest, please remove the tear-off coupon in the letter you
will be receiving this week, mail it back to us with your check
mark in the box <U>letting us know</U> that you will be paying your
taxes under protest. There are 6,700 homeowners in IV/CB. If most
of you do pay your taxes under protest, the message that will be sent to the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">County</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Assessor</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> will be heard all over
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Nevada</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> !! </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Sincerely,</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Ted Harris,</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy"> Tax Revolt Sub-Committee
Chairman<BR>The Village League to Save Incline Assets<BR>(775) 831-3914,
</SPAN></P>
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href="mailto:tedgh@nvbell.net"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">tedgh@nvbell.net</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: navy">The Village League to Save Incline
Assets Board of Directors</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: navy">:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 5pt 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Maryanne Ingemanson, President -- Ted
Harris, Tax Revolt Committee Chairman --Les Barta, Law Research -- Wayne
Fischer, Web-Master -- John Carney, Financial -- Chuck Otto,
Public Relations - Dale Akers, Historian-- Joyce Anderson-Bock, Personal
Relations</SPAN></P>
<P class=section1 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">PS: Read Rick Adair's July 16th article
in the Bonanza: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.tahoebonanza.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003307160103"
target=_top><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: navy">Tahoe "Tea Party"
to</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> protest high property
tax</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
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