<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div><br><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="6"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">AMAZING!!</span></font><br></div><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">ALERT:</span> #197<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">DATE:</span> January 26, 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>Shortly after Alert #196 was emailed, Assessor Josh Wilson phoned to say that in addition to agreeing to decrease the assessed land values for Incline Village and Crystal Bay by 25%, he had determined to include a similar reduction to
the land values in all of Washoe County in his recommendation to the County Board of Equalization (CBOE)!!<br><br>After Village League directors Les Barta, Todd Lowe and I left our last meeting with the Assessor and his staff, we had no idea how courageous a decision he was going to make.<br><br>Could this be a harbinger of future progress by other Washoe County officials to bring closure to our six year battle for justice in the courts? Could it be that the end is in sight?<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="6">CBOE APPROVES REDUCTION IN VALUES</font><br></div><br>This morning the Washoe County Board of Equalization voted to ACCEPT the recommendation of Assessor Wilson to reduce the land values of all properties in Washoe County by at least 25%. This is the first time in the history of Nevada, that an entire County has received a tax reduction that benefited ALL property
owners! <br><br>The Village League has withdrawn the four class action petitions that Attorney Suellen Fulstone filed on January 15th for taxpayers in the Incline Village and Crystal Bay area; and we recommend that those of you who filed your individual petitions for appeal, withdraw those as well. <br><br>We have posted a “Withdrawal Form” for your convenience on our website. We have been notified by the office of the Assessor that it is not necessary to fill in the blank on the form stating your Hearing #.<br><br>www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org/09/CBOE-WithdrawalForm.pdf<br><br>The withdrawal form is also attached if you unable to download the form from our website.<br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="6"><span style="font-weight: bold;">IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE!</span></font><br></div><br>Our thanks to all of you who timely filed your petitions for appeal!! We are certain that the 900+
petitions filed by the taxpayers of Incline Village and Crystal Bay for the 2009-2010 tax year helped to achieve this amazing result. <br> <br>As always, we strongly recommend that you keep a copy of all documents for your own files. After you submit the “Withdrawal Form” you will <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">not </span>need to appear at any CBOE hearing or send in any other documentation to receive your 25% minimum land value reduction for the 2009-2010 tax year. You will be receiving another “Christmas Postcard” <span style="font-weight: bold;">type </span>notice from the office of the assessor confirming your decreased assessment value. <br><br>If, however, you feel that your property has a singular problem that may warrant a further adjustment to its assessed value, you may continue to represent yourself or engage legal counsel to represent you before the CBOE.<br><br>The Village League will not be providing
legal assistance for individual cases for the 2009-2010 tax year. We do, however, have ten hearings and court actions still pending in which all of you are represented by counsel. In all of these cases the League Attorney, Suellen Fulstone, has filed class actions for all of Incline Village and Crystal Bay as well as for individual taxpayers.<br><font style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="4"><br>Be sure to check your email for the next Alert. It will be an important one!</font><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Maryanne Ingemanson</span><br><br>Maryanne Ingemanson, President<br>Village League to Save Incline Assets<br>www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org<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><br># # #<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><br><br><br></div></div></body></html>