02-04-2018, 05:57 AM
if it's really only worth $3/acre
Years ago on Maui, the Grand Wailea Resort had managed to grandfather in one of their parcels, an acre of sandy beachfront property at an assessment of $12,000. One year the county came in and tried to raise it to a more appropriate level, in the millions of dollars. The hotel brought in their attorneys to argue with facts and figures as to why even $12,000 could be considered excessively high. The county said OK, we'll buy it from you.
The assessment finally went up that year.
Recycle Puna. Humans, although probably not you personally, have already left 400,000 pounds of trash on the moon. - YouTube's Half As Interesting
Years ago on Maui, the Grand Wailea Resort had managed to grandfather in one of their parcels, an acre of sandy beachfront property at an assessment of $12,000. One year the county came in and tried to raise it to a more appropriate level, in the millions of dollars. The hotel brought in their attorneys to argue with facts and figures as to why even $12,000 could be considered excessively high. The county said OK, we'll buy it from you.
The assessment finally went up that year.
Recycle Puna. Humans, although probably not you personally, have already left 400,000 pounds of trash on the moon. - YouTube's Half As Interesting
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