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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>From the
Latah County Prosecutor’s Office, I recently received a small packet of
documents, public records from the investigation of Paul Kimmell and
the
charges that, despite conflict of interest, Kimmell voted on property
tax
exemptions for Doug Wilson’s church and college.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>These
records are copies of minutes of the meetings of the <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> governing body, the
Head of
Households, during the period November 2000 to September 2001.<span
style=""> </span>Paul Kimmell was appointed Latah County
Commissioner in March of 1999.<span style=""> </span>Doug
Wilson first applied for property tax exemption for his church property
in 1996
(a building at 116 West 6<sup>th</sup> that has now been sold by the
church and
is no longer exempt).<span style=""> </span>The Commissioners
legally must review and accept all property tax exemptions every year.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The first
of those records (Head of Households meeting on <st1:date year="2000"
day="7" month="11">November 7, 2000</st1:date>) includes a report on
the church’s
efforts to buy land for a new church building: “land acquisition, for
which
Paul Kimmell has been hired to help in negotiation.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The Head of
Households report for <st1:date year="2000" day="5" month="12">December
5, 2000</st1:date>,
includes: “Paul Kimmell reported that he has been working with Mr.
Hall’s
attorney regarding the purchase of land.<span style="">
</span>He has been working with the Kenworthy family regarding the
parcel of
land to the east of our property.”<span style=""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Head of Households
report for <st1:date year="2001" day="2" month="1">January 2, 2001</st1:date>,
includes: “Paul
Kimmell will be meeting on January 5 with the owner of the property…..”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The Head of
Households report for <st1:date year="2001" day="1" month="5">May 1,
2001</st1:date>,
includes in the church building section: “Roy Atwood reported that he
and Paul
Kimmell have been trying to schedule a meeting with Mrs. Kenworthy.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My questions for Paul Kimmell:<span style=""> </span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="">According to these records, you were
hired by the church before November 7 of 2000, and were still working
for the church in May of the next year when the reports in the file
conclude.<span style=""> </span>When did your contract end, or are
you still under contract to the church to help with land acquisition?</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Since 1999, as a member of the Latah
County Commissioners, you reviewed the requests for property tax
exemption by the church that employed you.<span style=""> </span>Until
the issue of conflict of interest was brought forth by Rose Huskey and
Saundra Lund in the hearing in July, you never excused yourself from
those decisions.<span style=""> </span>Why?</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">BL</p>
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