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<DIV>It's never going to end as long as Washoe has to pay money.</DIV>
<DIV>They've procrastinated for 5 years,
and <STRONG><U>nothing seems to
change</U></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U>Alvin Bakst</U></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U></U></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 1/15/2009 9:59:17 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
tahoewayne@nvbell.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">POINT – COUNTER POINT WITH</SPAN></FONT><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">WASHOE COUNTY
MANAGER</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ALERT:</SPAN> #194<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">DATE:</SPAN> January 15, 2009<BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">TO:</SPAN> Incline Village & Crystal Bay
Property Owners<BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">FROM:</SPAN> Village League
Tax Revolt Committee<BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dear Incline
Village & Crystal Bay Property Tax Protesters,</SPAN><BR><BR>Following are
communications between Katy Simon, Washoe County Manager and Maryanne
Ingemanson, President of the Village League. Reading these two email
messages will give you more insight into our challenges trying to come to an
equitable resolution settling our property tax revolt issues with Washoe
County.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,new york,times,serif">Wayne
Fischer</SPAN><BR><BR>Wayne Fischer, Webmaster<BR>Village League to Save
Incline Assets<BR>www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org<BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"
size=6>POINT</FONT><BR></DIV><BR>From: Simon, Katy<BR>Sent: Wednesday, January
14, 2009 12:31 PM<BR>To: mingemanson@charter.net<BR>Cc: Shea, E. Terrance;
Lipparelli, Paul A.; Creekman, David; Wilson, Josh G. (Assessor)<BR>Subject:
FW: NPTR: Alert 192: Possible Breakthrough!!<BR><BR>Dear Ms.
Ingemanson,<BR><BR>Good afternoon. I am following up on my email to you
from last Thursday. We are still hoping to have a clarification from you
regarding the purpose of your meeting with me on January 22. Again, if
you are hoping to discuss some new settlement ideas that you think I am
empowered to offer, we did not want to waste anyone's time. The
settlement that we offered previously, that is, that all property owners who
properly filed an appeal and had one of the improper methodologies applied to
their property, was and is the only settlement we can offer, and I believe all
those cases have been disposed of and refunds are being computed for
distribution.<BR><BR>Neither the Board of County Commissioners, nor the DA's
Office, nor myself have any authority under law to settle the remaining
question of law, which is whether people who did not properly file appeals and
who did not have any of the offending methodologies applied to their property
have any right to enjoy some reduction of their property tax
obligation.<BR><BR>I would be most grateful if you would let us know the
purpose of your meeting with me, so that we are properly prepared. If it
was for the purpose of discussing possible settlements, please note that there
is nothing new, and has been nothing new for months.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Katy
Simon<BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT size=6><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">COUNTER
POINT</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV><BR>From: Maryanne Ingemanson<BR>Sent: Wednesday,
January 14, 2009 9:02 PM<BR>To: 'Simon, Katy’; ‘Keven MacMillan’; 'Chuck
Otto'; 'Dale Akers'; 'John Carney'; 'Les Barta'; 'Suellen Fulstone'; 'Todd
Lowe'; 'Wayne Fischer'<BR>Cc: 'Shea, E. Terrance'; 'Lipparelli, Paul A.';
'Creekman, David'; 'Wilson, Josh G. (Assessor)'; 'John Breternitz'; 'James
Settlemeyer'; 'Townsend Randolph'; 'Kelly J. Chouinard'<BR>Subject: RE: NPTR:
Alert 192: Possible Breakthrough!!<BR><BR>Dear Ms. Simon,<BR><BR>You have made
it quite clear that you have no intention of attempting to settle the
outstanding cases involving Washoe County and the Incline Village and Crystal
Bay taxpayers. Even so, a meeting between opposing parties often can
have beneficial results. I feel that it is unfair to call our scheduled
meeting, in advance, a “waste of time”. In any event, I don’t mind “wasting my
time” in such an endeavor and I am puzzled by your obvious reluctance to meet
with county residents even to discuss the situation.<BR><BR>Although your
statement, that neither the “Board of County Commissioners, nor the DA’s
Office, nor myself have any authority under law to settle the remaining
question of law…” is technically accurate, it is seriously misleading.
None of us, other than the courts, have the authority to "settle" the
"law". No one is asking you or other County employees or the members of
the County Commission to "settle" the "law." The issue here is the
settlement of pending lawsuits involving the County and it is preposterous to
suggest that the County Commissioners are somehow helpless to do anything
under those circumstances. Under NRS 244.165, the County Commission has
the express authority to control the prosecution or defense of all lawsuits
where the county is a party. The Nevada Supreme Court has said that this
statute authorizes the County to settle cases. (Clark County v. Lewis, 88 Nev.
354 (1972).) You yourself have undoubtedly been in attendance at
numerous meetings of the County Commission where settlements of pending
lawsuits were agendized, discussed and approved or rejected. In fact, in your
capacity as County Manager, you have undoubtedly recommended that the
Commission approve or reject such proposed settlements. Clearly, the
County is not precluded by a "lack of authority under law" from settling the
pending tax cases; it simply refuses to do so. <BR><BR>As a result of
the County's refusal to address or correct the Incline Village/Crystal Bay
property tax issue for the last six years, the cost to refund the over-paid
taxes, as directed by the courts, is already in the millions of dollars. To
have corrected these problems when they were first presented would have cost
the County $55,000. This is, on its face, fiscal mismanagement. It
remains to be seen whether that mismanagement of the public's money will be
continued or whether sincere efforts will be made to resolve the
remaining issues. The Incline Village/Crystal Bay taxpayers have been
and remain willing to make such efforts.<BR><BR>If you plan to cancel our
January 22nd meeting, please let me know immediately. <BR><BR>Maryanne
Ingemanson, President<BR>Village League to Save Incline Assets,
Inc.<BR><BR>---------------------------------<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Village League to Save Incline Assets Board
Members:</SPAN><BR>- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Maryanne
Ingemanson,</SPAN> President<BR>- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dale
Akers</SPAN>, Historian<BR>-<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Les Barta</SPAN>,
Law Research<BR>- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">John Carney,</SPAN>
Analyst<BR>- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Wayne Fischer</SPAN>,
Webmaster<BR>- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Todd Lowe,</SPAN>
Financial,<BR>- <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Chuck Otto,</SPAN> Public
Relations <BR><BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Village League
to Save Incline Assets, Inc.</SPAN><BR>Non-Profit Corporation - FEIN
88-0399029<BR>1165 Vivian Lane, Incline Village, NV 89451<BR>Phone:
775-831-4011, Fax
775-831-0325<BR>www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org<BR><BR># #
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