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<p><font size="+2" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>What a Day !!!!</b></font></p>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>ALERT:</b> #90</font><font size="-1" color="#006400" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><br>
</i></font><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>DATE:</b> February 4, 2006<br>
<b>TO:</b> Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Owners<br>
<b>FROM:</b> Nevada Property Tax Revolt Committee</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Dear Fellow Taxpayers,</b></font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Just yesterday, we attended another hearing before Judge Griffin, and today he issued his written Order, which was even stronger than his previous oral ruling. He Ordered the State Board of Equalization to equalize the</font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <b>ENTIRE STATE OF NEVADA</b></font><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">. I think that we have outgrown our previous title of,<i><b> “a few malcontents at Lake Tahoe”</b></i>.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">He also stated that the law, “… is intended to assure that all property in the State of Nevada should bear an equal burden of taxation”.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">This is exactly the reason for which we have been fighting. The Nevada Constitution uses the words, <b>“uniform and equal”</b>, when referencing taxes, and it has taken us four (4) years, hundreds of hours of work, and thousands of dollars in our effort to get fair and equal treatment, from the Washoe County Assessor, for the taxpayers in Incline Village and Crystal Bay.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The Judge also pointedly said that, “Neither the record on appeal before the Court nor any of the papers filed by the State and the County indicate that the State Board of Equalization <b>did</b> equalize property values as required by law. In fact, the record on appeal suggests that the State Board of Equalization did <b>NOT</b> equalize property values pursuant to NRS 361.395”</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">It doesn’t get much more clear than that. </font><font size="-1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>WOW!!</b></font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Kudos to Judge Griffin for having the courage and insight to recognize this endemic problem that affects our whole State</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i><b>And, if that was not enough:</b></i></font></p>
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<p><font size="+1" color="#00008b" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>THE SUPREME COURT RULED<br>
</b></font><font size="+1" color="red" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>AGAINST </b></font><font size="+1" color="#00008b" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>ASSESSOR MCGOWAN</b></font></p>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The Assessor had filed a Writ of Prohibition with the Nevada Supreme Court in an attempt to stop our legal Complaint to have him removed from office. The Court found that our Complaint against Assessor Robert McGowan, “… sufficiently states facts constituting a cause for removal”. There were<b><i> no dissenting opinions</i></b> from the Justices.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The issue regarding the removal of Assessor McGowan will now be transferred immediately to the Washoe County District Court for a Ruling from Judge Polaha. Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled that our Motion to disqualify the District Attorney should also be addressed in Judge Polaha’s Court, where it was originally filed. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Washoe County Board of Equalization</b></font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Beginning next week, we will start our hearings before the Washoe County Board of Equalization. Many of you have filed both the Petition for Review and the Authorization Form, so that you could be represented by Attorney Thomas J. Hall in the consolidated hearing starting on February 15, 2006. Others chose to appear personally to present their own cases</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">We have such strong evidence, that I truly think that we should prevail in our appeals. Of course, politics always seems to be lurking around the corner, so no one can ever be sure of an outcome. Please, think of us during the next week. We NEED all of those good wishes.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">The tide seems to be turning in our favor, <b><i>finally!! </i></b>Help us keep up the momentum.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">As always, my thanks to all of you, who have never given up your conviction that we would ultimately win.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Sincerely,</font></p>
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<p><font size="+1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>Maryanne Ingemanson</i></font></p>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Maryanne Ingemanson</b>, President<br>
Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.<br>
<a href="http://www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org">www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org</a> <a href="mailto:%20mingemanson@charter.net"><br>
mingemanson@charter.net</a></font></p>
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<p><font size="-2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">PS. If you have missed reading the many recent articles on our property tax revolt, please visit our news articles web page, <a href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pages/NewsArticles.html">http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/pages/NewsArticles.html</a> to get caught up what has been published in the press.</font></p>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Village League to Save Incline Assets Board Members</b>:</font></p>
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<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Maryanne Ingemanson</b>, President</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Ted Harris</b>, Tax Revolt Committee Chairman</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Les Barta</b>, Law Research</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>John Carney</b>, Analyst</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Wayne Fischer</b>, Webmaster</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Todd Lowe</b>, Financial,</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Dale Akers</b>, Historian,</font>
<li><font size="-4" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Chuck Otto</b>, Public Relations</font>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b>Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.<br>
Non-Profit Corporation - FEIN 88-0399029</b><br>
</font><font size="-7" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">1165 Vivian Lane, Incline Village, NV 89451<br>
Phone: 775-831-4011, Fax 775-831-0325<br>
<a href="mailto:%20mingemanson@charter.net">mingemanson@charter.net</a></font></p>
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