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align=center><STRONG><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: red">PROPERTY OWNERS ALERT
#42</SPAN></FONT></U></B></STRONG></P>
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color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">DATE:
<st1:date Year="2004" Day="24" Month="2">Tuesday, February 24,
2004</st1:date> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">TO:
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Incline</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=black><st1:PlaceType><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Village &
Crystal</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Bay</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> Property
Owners<BR>FROM:
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Nevada</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Property Tax</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Revolt</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Committee</SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">SUBJECT: </SPAN></FONT><B><FONT
color=red size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red">Final Notice to Send in
Appeals to State Board</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><STRONG><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=red size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red"></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG> </P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Dear</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Fellow</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Incline</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Village &
Crystal</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceType></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Bay</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place></FONT><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> Property Owners,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=red size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">We are
re-sending "Alert # 41" below as a reminder that the deadline for filing an
appeal with the State Board of Equalization is Wednesday,</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> March 10th. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Incline</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Village & Crystal</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Bay</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
submitted over 1,300 appeals to the </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">County</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Board</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> and we urge every
property owner who appealed to the </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">County</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Board</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> of Equalization to
file your appeal with the State Board </SPAN><FONT color=#000000><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red">NOW</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="COLOR: red">.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">As a
guess, over 95% of the appeals were denied. Many property owners who
appealed to the County Board and were not able to attend in person, due to the
extremely short notice, wrote and submitted some excellent arguments which
appear to have been arbitrarily dismissed, without having been read aloud to the
Board. It is very important that your written statements be submitted to
the State Board. We want everyone of your appeals filed with the State
Board so that we can show we have exhausted all our "administrative
remedies" when we get to court.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">The
appeal to the state Board should be</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> <FONT color=#000000>mailed or</FONT></SPAN><FONT
color=#000000><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> faxed to the number on the appeal
form. If you are able to attend the State Board hearing when you are
scheduled, print out 10</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> copies of
</SPAN></FONT>your letter, if<SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">you sent</SPAN><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> one </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">to the county, and
pass it</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> out to the</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"> <FONT color=#000000>Members of the State
Board.</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
No new evidence is allowed</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> <FONT
color=#000000>to be presented </FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">at the State Board;</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="COLOR: red">
<FONT color=#000000>so </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">your written
arguments are </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: red"><FONT color=#000000>very
important</FONT> <FONT color=#000000>and the </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">only evidence</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> <FONT
color=#000000>that will be </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">permitted</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">.</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> If </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">you are not able
to appear in person be sure to fax your written statement in with the
appeal form. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT color=#000000
size=3> Click on either of the following links to download and print out
the correct State Board of Equalization “Petition for Review”
form:</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2> <A
href="http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pdf/PetForReview-State-BofE.pdf"><FONT
color=#800080>http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pdf/PetForReview-State-BofE.pdf</FONT></A>
(This link for Adobe Acrobat)</FONT></o:p></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2> <A
href="http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/word/PetForReview-State-BofE.doc">http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/word/PetForReview-State-BofE.doc</A>
(This link for "Word" document)</FONT></o:p></P></SPAN></FONT>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Please e-mail me if you have
questions,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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face="Freestyle Script" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Freestyle Script'">Ted</SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Ted</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Harris</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">,
Chairman Tax Revolt Committee<BR>Village League to Save Incline Assets,
Inc.<BR>775-831-3914<BR><A
href="mailto:tedgh@nvbell.net">tedgh@nvbell.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org">www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
Village League to Save Incline Assets Board of Directors: </SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=Section1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Maryanne
Ingemanson, President -- Ted Harris, Tax Revolt Committee Chairman --Les Barta,
Law Research --Wayne Fischer, Webmaster, Todd Lowe, Financial -- Dale Akers,
Historian-- Chuck Otto, Public Relations -- Joyce Anderson-Bock, Personal
Relations</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT><B><U><FONT color=blue size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue">PROPERTY OWNERS ALERT
#41</SPAN></FONT></U></B></P>
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color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">DATE:
<st1:date Year="2004" Day="24" Month="2">Tuesday, February 24,
2004</st1:date> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">TO:
</SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Incline</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><st1:PlaceType>Village &
Crystal</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><st1:PlaceType>Bay</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> Property
Owners<BR>FROM:
</SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Nevada</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:State><FONT
color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Property Tax</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Revolt</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Committee</SPAN></FONT></P>
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align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT></B> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dear</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName>Fellow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Incline</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Village & Crystal</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType>Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Property Owners,</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Washoe County
Board of Equalization hearings for
</SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Incline</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Village & Crystal</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType>Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> has been completed. If you
did not get the property taxable valuation relief you wanted or expected, you
now have an opportunity to appeal to the State of
<st1:State><st1:place>Nevada</st1:place></st1:State>’s Board of Equalization
(BofE). This is the next step required by the authorities to exhaust our
“Administrative Procedures”.</P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Unfortunately few
appellants received any tax relief at the
</SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceType>County</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName>Board</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> of Equalization. This is
what we expected would happen. Filling an appeal to the State Board of
Equalization will keep your options open. (It is like a free insurance
policy!) There are no costs and the form is simple and easy to fill
out. The procedure is exactly like filling an appeal at the county
level. You can appear to present your case, send in a letter itemizing
your concerns; or, if you are going to be out of the state or cannot appear for
any other reason, just faxing in your appeal form will suffice for you to
qualify as having completed the administrative procedures.</P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If you did
<U>not</U> file an appeal to the county board, your appeal to the state board
will not be accepted. If you <U>did</U> file an appeal to the county you
should receive a state appeal form with the letter that the county will or did
send to you called a “Notice of Decision”. The form sent to you by the
county is an old form with <U>old phone numbers</U>. We have placed the
<U><FONT color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red">newer and correct</SPAN></FONT></U>
state appeal form on our web site that you can access, with correct phone and
fax numbers. Click on either of the following links to download and print
out the correct State Board of Equalization “Petition for Review” form:
</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><A
href="http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pdf/PetForReview-State-BofE.pdf">http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pdf/PetForReview-State-BofE.pdf</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><A
href="http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/word/PetForReview-State-BofE.doc">http://nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/word/PetForReview-State-BofE.doc</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We suggest that
every one of the 1,361 IV/CB property owners who filed a county
appeal follow through with filing a state appeal. We need to let the
county and state government know that we are not going to go away. The
lawsuits are now in the hands of the courts. We are still waiting to see
which judge will be hearing our class-action case. We should know sometime
within the next week or two.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Let’s get rid of the
“tear-downs”, the subjective “view” criteria, the illegal “time adjustments”,
the lakefront footage measurements for value, and the other unequal and unfair
tax methods that the assessors have been creating. Fill out your state
appeal form now. It will only take a couple of minutes plus it really will
help in our court cases.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks to everyone
for sticking together.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Sincerely,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Freestyle Script" size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Freestyle Script'">Maryanne</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Maryanne</SPAN></FONT> Ingemanson, President </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Village League to Save Incline Assets,
Inc.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><st1:Street><st1:address><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1165 Vivian
Lane</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><st1:place><st1:City><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Incline
Village</SPAN></FONT></st1:City>, <st1:State>Nevada</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode>89451</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></P>
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