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ALERT # 25<br><br>
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<font color="#000080">Saturday, August 23, 2003<br><br>
TO: Incline Village/Crystal Bay Property Owners<br>
FROM: The Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.<br>
SUBJECT: Workshop Department of Taxation<br><br>
Dear Property Owner,<br><br>
Coming up on Monday August
25</font><font size=1 color="#000080"><sup>th</sup></font><font color="#000080">
the Department of Taxation will be holding a workshop on their “draft”
revisions of the regulations relating to the procedures the assessor must
follow in determining the taxable value of your property. This is a very
important workshop because this appears to be an attempt by the
Department of Taxation to revise, broaden, and ratify, after the fact,
the illegal methods the Washoe County Assessor has been using to appraise
properties in Incline and Crystal Bay. <br><br>
If the Department of Taxation succeeds in approving these administrative
changes and further submitting these rule changes to the State Tax
Commission, our Attorney believes these new regulations would severely
impact and undermine our efforts to argue our grievances to the State Tax
Commission and to the District Court. <br><br>
<a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/Aug22LtrAzevedo.html">Click</a><a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/Aug22LtrAzevedo.html">
here</a> to read our Attorneys letter to the Director of the Department of Taxation, citing the issues that we disagree with. In addition to Norm’s letter to the Director he will be attending this workshop to underscore the issues we believe are inconsistent with existing law. In addition, <a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/Aug22LtrAzevedo.html">click</a><a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/Aug22LtrAzevedo.html"> here</a> to read the text of the “draft” revisions of the Administrative Regulations pertaining to NAC 361.00. We have highlighted the sections having an impact on Incline Village and Crystal Bay.<br><br>
It is becoming apparent there is great concern in the bureaucracy that our challenge to these illegal methods of appraising properties might have merit and the fear is that we might succeed in discrediting the assessor’s methods.<br><br>
We need a huge turn out of property owners (two or three hundred) in Incline and Crystal Bay to support Norm and to demonstrate to the Department that our grievances are supported by a large number of IV/CB property owners. Norm will be “driving the truck” during this workshop and he will have designated three or four citizens to make a short statement on each of the issues he will argue. <br><br>
In addition to Norm’s presentation we intend to submit copies of our “Declaration of Property Tax Protest” that now contain over 2,000 signatures. <br><br>
<b>We really need your support on this</b>, pleases take the time to make the short to trip to Carson City on Monday afternoon. <br><br>
</font><font size=1 color="#000080">Regards,<br>
Ted Harris, Tax Revolt Committee Chairman<br>
The Village League to Save Incline Assets<br>
Phone: (775) 831-3914<br>
Fax: (775) 831-3914 <br>
</font><font size=1 color="#0000FF"><u>tedgh@nvbell.net<br>
<a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/" eudora="autourl">www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org<br><br>
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</a></u></font><div align="center"><b>DATE AND TIME OF MEETING:<br>
</b><font size=4>Monday, August 25, 2003<br>
1:30 PM<br><br>
</font><b>LOCATION:</b> <br>
Nevada Legislative Building, <br>
401 S. Carson, Room 2135, <br>
Carson City, Nevada<br>
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