<div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold'; mso-bidi-font-family: Cornerstone"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Village League <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tax Revolt<SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
5"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></I><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="3" Day="31" Year="2006"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March 31, 2006</SPAN></B></st1:date><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>To All,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of you have called with inquiries about the strange letter and Invoice for additional taxes that was received from the
</SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washoe</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Treasurer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Others may have the same questions, hence this Alert #96.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none;
mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All of those 1200+ taxpayers who Attorney </SPAN></B><st1:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = "urn:schemas:contacts" /><st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thomas</SPAN></B></st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st2:Sn><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hall</SPAN></B></st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> represented before the </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washoe</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Board of Equalization <U>last year,</U> 2005-2006, won an 8% reduction in their taxable Land Value.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washoe</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
Arial"> Assessor, </SPAN></B><st1:PersonName><st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Robert</SPAN></B></st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st2:Sn><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">McGowan</SPAN></B></st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, appealed last year’s ruling by the </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Board</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to the State Board of Equalization, where our victory was overturned.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Village League then appealed the State Board’s decision to the court of Judge McGee for Judicial Review.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Of course, the Attorney for the County has tried every possible way to postpone our hearing before the judge; however, we will be presenting arguments to the court toward the end of </SPAN></B><st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">April</SPAN></B></st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We feel confident that we will win in our effort to overturn the State Board’s 8% increase to our Land Values.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If we
are correct, the County will then have to return those extra taxes with interest, to all of you that received the unexpected billing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Invoice that you received reinstated the 8% increase to your Land Value, therefore increasing your Taxable Value and your property taxes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you have not as yet paid the extra taxes, be sure to make the payment, “UNDER PROTEST”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you do not have a form for paying under protest, go to our website at <A href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/">www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org</A>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Click Forms on the menu, download, and send with your tax payment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Remember; <U>ALWAYS</U> make every payment to </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Washoe</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">County</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, Under Protest.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:
0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It never ceases to amaze all of us, how convoluted this entire tax situation actually is.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Every day is yet another new revelation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;
TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We have two cases that should receive rulings from the courts sometime this month.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we get the news, I will immediately send out Alerts to all of our members.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Everything is now leading up to the Supreme Court hearing in the middle of </SPAN></B><st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">June</SPAN></B></st2:GivenName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That will be the culmination of all of our efforts for the last four years, and hopefully will “button up” the Tax Revolt, by upholding the tax reductions that we
have won for everyone in the </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Incline</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Village</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> / </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Crystal</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bay</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> area.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our thanks to all of you for your continuing support, and your confidence in our ability to prevail in this extremely difficult endeavor. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cornerstone; mso-bidi-font-family:
Cornerstone"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cornerstone; mso-bidi-font-family: Cornerstone"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=3> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sincerely,<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 6"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -2.85pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cornerstone; mso-bidi-font-family: Cornerstone"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt -2.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Cornerstone; mso-bidi-font-family: Cornerstone; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc. – a non-profit organization – FEIN 88-</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Cornerstone; mso-bidi-font-family: Cornerstone"><FONT size=3>0399029<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New
Roman"><st1:Street><st1:address><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">1165 Vivian Lane</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> - </SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Incline Village</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">, </SPAN><st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Nevada</SPAN></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:PostalCode><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt">89451</SPAN></st1:PostalCode></st1:place><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"> – telephone - 775-831-4011 – fax - 775 – 831-0325<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email - </FONT><A href="mailto:mingemanson@charter.net"><FONT face="Times New Roman">mingemanson@charter.net</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div><p>
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