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<DIV>Visionaries:</DIV>
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<DIV>Ms. Lund and I have developed a genuine curiosity over Latah County property taxes of late. We will begin in early December to take a look at all the exemptions granted in this county. We have learned that the feds and Idaho state government have over 90,000 acres of tax free land in this county, which of course increases the burden on all of us. However, we will not be focusing on state or federal land in our inquiry. We will be specifically looking for those organizations and individuals who operate for profit businesses under the umbrella of exemption, or those groups and individuals who fail to meet the conditions of their exemption. </DIV>
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<DIV>We will bring those organizations to the attention of the county commissioners and the general public. Property tax exemption is not a right. 501(c)(3) status does not, automatically, presume the privilege of tax exemption. The fact that in many cases it has become so <STRONG><U>is</U></STRONG> a failure in oversight, as well as a self serving benefit claimed by the cheaters. And make no mistake, that cheating is deliberate, and all the tax payers in Latah County are subsidizing it. </DIV>
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<DIV>Mr. Wenders, and his cronies who oppose supporting "government" schools, and by the way, there is a direct link <A href="http://moscoweducation.org/">http://moscoweducation.org/</A> resent their property tax bills and constantly complain about the educational process in public Latah County Schools. How hypocritical! Christ Church may turn out to be the biggest property tax evader in the county and of course in Logos School mentally, emotionally, most physically impaired, or children whose parent cannot pay the tuition need not apply. (By the way, spare me the private emails on how poor kids may be chosen for scholarships - unless you can also include the number of kids attending Logos this year, and the number of kids on partial or full scholarships, with documented evidence to the claim.) And yet, they have the unmitigated nerve to request and receive a property tax exemption.</DIV>
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<DIV>Happily for the rest of us public schools provide for all our children, and on the whole, do a terrific job. </DIV>
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<DIV>Rose Huskey</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Verdana size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">"One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>