Shopping centers, office complexes and abortion clinics do not qualify by any stretch of logic or justice. Nor do any "revenue producing" out-of-left-field logic.
Did something change while I wasn't looking?
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...and once the County takes it, it's off the tax roles.
Santa Cruz (CA) is broke mainly because of the amount
of private land that has 'gone' publik.
THE SWIFT VETS DID IT
Yesterday at a forum held at the John F. Kennedy school of government at Harvard University, The Poodle's campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill, said she regrets underestimating the impact of the Swift Boat ads. That may well be true, but then she fibbed: "This is the best $40,000 investment made by any political group, but it was only because of the news coverage that it got where it did." News coverage?
The mainstream media largely ignored the Swift Boat Vets, and tried to bury their story. There was never any call from the mainstream media for an investigation into the charges brought by the Swiftees. The New York Times and most of the broadcast networks regularly reported that the charges brought by the vets were "unsubstantiated" and "proven wrong" when the exact opposite was true. There was scant reporting of the shifts in the official Kerry story line as more and more of the Swiftees charges were shown to carry far more than a grain of truth. The media did everything it could to destroy the Swift Boat Vets and shore up The Poodle. And whatever time the mainstream media didn't dedicate to destroying the Swiftees was dedicated to pushing the phony stories about Bush's National Guard service. If anything, had the press given the Swiftees the coverage their story deserved, Kerry would have been buried even further.
The truth here is that if it weren't for talk radio and Fox News Channel the impact of the Swiftees would have been vastly diminished.
There is no amount of excuse-making on the left that can bury the real reasons for the defeat of The Poodle on November 3rd. Among the many real reasons are:
He is a compulsive liar
He voted for the $87 billion, before he voted against it
He's French
He was a rich woman's pet
He was soft on terror
He was soft on sovereignty Nobody knew what he stood for
If the Democrats really want to know why John Kerry lost the election, they should start there. Because it wasn't just the Swift Boat Vets.
THEY THINK IT, HE SAYS IT
Chevy Chase, the film actor (real first name: Cornelius) spoke at an event at the Kennedy Center being held by the liberal group People for the American Way. So what did
Corny Chase have to say? In a rambling, profanity-laced tirade, he decided it was time to bash George Bush.
He called the President a "dumb ____ " (rhymes with "muck") He also accused the president of starting a jihad. Among his other comments: "This guy in office is an uneducated, real lying schmuck ... and we still couldn't beat him with a bore like Kerry." Well, at least he admits Kerry is a bore.
Even the liberal outfit holding the event distanced itself from his comments. But they are telling, and reflect the frustration of the left and their inability to win very many elections these days. It's going to be a long four years for people like Chevy Chase.
By the way, where does he get off calling George Bush dumb, anyway? I don't think Harvard gives MBAs to dumb people.
Boortz is doing the Lord's work. 'Pod.
Keep your powder dry. The conflict draws ever nearer.
This just goes to show that you do not actually own your property, you pay a yearly rent (taxes) to have the privilage to pay for a mortgage and live on the property. If you fail to pay the rent, they kick you off the property and sell it. If they want your property, they will take it, after all it really is their property.
If this were a private company, they would be in violation of anti-trust laws.
Some people may think it's time to start shooting the b*stards. Kind of a "think globally, act locally" kind of thing.
Not only stupid, but incredibly short-sighted on the commission's part. If the land goes to the developer, the county collects tons of money in property tax; if it's turned into a county park, the county gets nada.
I suspect it has nothing to do with the money. The commissioner only wants more government control over private land.