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<DIV><SPAN class=726454520-20072004><FONT face=verdana>I'm not saying we put the
onus of the work on Rose and Saundra. They, like everyone else around,
probably have a life of their own to live. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=726454520-20072004><FONT face=verdana>It would seem the higher
ups at the county would want to look into this, just to satisfy some
curiosity if nothing else. Fair is fair, right?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=726454520-20072004><FONT face=verdana>not really trying to
rabble-rouse, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=726454520-20072004><FONT face=verdana>DC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Joan Opyr<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:31
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Vision2020 Moscow<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Christ
Church update<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dan asks:</DIV>
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<DIV>>I'm all for taxes being paid when they are owed, and I'm all
for<BR>>exemptions being made when they are due, but why not look at every
other<BR>>church in the county and make sure they are properly
taxed/exempt?<BR>>Could be a windfall for the county, and maybe ease the
burden on the<BR>>rest of us.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>There's only one Rose, there's only one Saundra, and there are only
24 hours in a day. The question I would ask is why these two women have
been obliged to do the work of the county in the first place? Why didn't
the Latah County Prosecutor's Office do its job when Christ Church first
applied for its exemption and make the appropriate counter
argument? My understanding is that the prosecutor offered absolutely no
objection to the original request for exemption. Considering the sizes
and locations of the buildings, the nature of the various businesses
therein, and the potential revenue loss to the county, I would have
expected at least a token resistance.</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps when the Methodists or the Baptists or the Mormons begin running
million-dollar-a-year vanity presses in their basements, Rose and
Saundra will have a run at them as well. In the meantime, those
particular churches look clean, and Rose and Saundra have got their
volunteer hands full doing the county's unpaid leg-work.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment <BR></DIV><BR clear=all>
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