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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">EFFORT BY WASHOE COUNTY<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">ALERT:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> #230<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">DATE:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> February 8, 2010<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">TO:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Owners<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">FROM:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> Village League Tax Revolt Committee<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Dear Incline Village & Crystal Bay Property Tax Protesters,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Many of us received a second “junk mail” communication from District Attorney Richard Gammick in the last few days.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In July of 2009, the State Board of Equalization decided that property valuations for the 2006-2007 tax year for all the owners of residential property at Incline Village and Crystal Bay in 2006 should be rolled back to 2002-2003 levels.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The County is trying to challenge that decision.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(If you did not receive this second communication and want to read it, click on the following link:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/10/2010Feb01-WC-DistrictAttorney.pdf"><FONT color=#800080>www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org/10/2010Feb01-WC-DistrictAttorney.pdf</FONT></A>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Because that ruling requires Washoe County to repay to homeowners the excess taxes it has collected since 2006, District Court Judge Wilson has ordered the County to name and serve all the affected taxpayers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Even though these "junk" mailings don't identify any taxpayers at all and don't say what they are about, we think that the County will try to claim that it has let you know that it is going to Court to try to change the State Board’s decision.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We don't think that what the County has done complies with Judge Wilson's order.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Washoe County does not like Court orders with which it doesn't agree.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Last October, Judge Brent Adams ordered the County Treasurer to comply with the 2006 decision of the County Board of Equalization and to return to the taxpayers the money collected beyond the taxes authorized by that decision.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the four months since Judge Adams entered that order, the Washoe County Treasurer has apparently done <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">NOTHING</B> to follow that Order of the Court.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">For four years the County has kept and had the use of our over-paid tax dollars, but according to an e-mail received from County Commissioner John Breternitz,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">“The county will not process refunds until they are instructed to do so by the Supreme Court.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">In other words, Washoe County has simply chosen to ignore Judge Adams' order as well.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We don't think the County is above the law and we will continue our efforts to have the court orders obeyed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Washoe County is trying to keep the excess unconstitutional tax dollars it has collected, or at least to delay repaying those moneys to taxpayers for as long as possible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The League's attorney is opposing the County's efforts in both the Supreme Court and in the District Courts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, just having to oppose those efforts involves a significant amount of time and documentation on our part, which is exactly what the County wants.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">WE WILL WIN<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Based on what we have seen, the County believes that, if it can continue to delay repaying the over-charged taxes it has collected, we will eventually just wear out and give up.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">THE COUNTY IS WRONG.</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">As long as we have your support to continue the fight we will do so and those excess taxes will be repaid with interest to every homeowner in Incline Village and Crystal Bay.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maryanne Ingemanson<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Maryanne Ingemanson,</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> President<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Village League to Save Incline Assets<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="mailto:mingemanson@charter.net"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#0000ff>mingemanson@charter.net</FONT></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A href="http://www.nevadapropertytaxrevolt.org/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">www.NevadaPropertyTaxRevolt.org</SPAN></A></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Village League to Save Incline Assets Board Members:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- Maryanne Ingemanson,</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> President<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- Dale Akers</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">, Historian<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- Les Barta,</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> Law Research<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- John Carney,</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"> Analyst<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- Wayne Fischer</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">, Webmaster<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- Todd Lowe</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">, Financial,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">- Chuck Otto</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">, Public Relations <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Village League to Save Incline Assets, Inc.<BR></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: FR" lang=FR>Non-Profit Corporation - FEIN 88-0399029<BR>1165 Vivian Lane, Incline Village, NV 89451<BR>Phone: 775-831-4011, Fax 775-831-0325<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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