\nThe “SQUARE FEET LIVING AREA” \tis 0, not ___. The house is unfinished.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nThe Real Estate market has dropped \tin most places in Western Colorado, including neighboring counties \tand towns like Carbondale, and Aspen.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\nWe did not add $_____ worth of \tmaterials or labor into our house in the last two years!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\nThe entire economy of the United \tStates is in a downward spiral in case you haven’t noticed. \tIncreasing taxes is anathema to the recovery of our family and our \tcountry. You are one of the few people who can “stand in the gap”, \tand have the power to make corrective decisions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\nWe are not getting even the most \tbasic government services for the taxes that we DO pay. Although our \thouse is located on a county owned road, in a platted subdivision, \twith over 24 houses in 3 miles, we get NO road maintenance, and NO \tsnowplowing at all. Do you have any houses at all in Gunnison \tcounty that are in the same situation? Please list even one house, \tin your response letter. \t \t<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I’ve had to walk ________ miles to get \tto my car by 6 am because the county doesn’t plow the snow off of \tthe road. I’ve hauled groceries and propane, uphill in a sled, many \ttimes because of lack of county road maintenance. The ambulance, \tEMS, fire truck, and police can’t get to my house because \tof unmaintained roads. Apparently, the only government agent who can \tmake it to my house is the TAX ASSESSOR. \t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\nIn addition to the lack of road \tmaintenance, there is NO public school provided by Gunnison county \twithin 45 minutes of my house. If my kids attended public schools \tin Carbondale, the commute could take as long as one and one half \thours, one way, in the wintertime!<\/p>\n
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\n
With taxes increasing, and NO basic government services, the term “Taxation without representation” comes to mind. Our founding fathers were more than just a little bit upset over their version of “Taxation without representation.” I especially think of this while digging my car out of a snowbank late at night during a driving snowstorm; all because<\/span> my tax dollars aren’t coming back to me in even the most basic of services: public safety.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I am writing this protest letter as a husband, and father of seven children. Presently, I am laid off my job. The welfare state, as it now stands in America, is reprehensible. Therefore, we have taken NO government assistance up to this point. But with increasing taxes, unemployment, a bad economy, and the need to feed and house my family, maybe we will need government assistance in the future. <\/p>\n
That would mean you, your family, and friends will end up supporting us. You might be able to sleep at night now, but you’ll remember me every time you open your wallet.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Thank you for your time and consideration.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Jerry Begly<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
P.S. Visit my blogsite at www.jerrybegly.com for more tax reform info.<\/p>\n
(This letter has been slightly modified from the original.)
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This is a copy of my tax assessment protest letter to Gunnison County, Colorado.
\nMr. Jerry L. Begly
\n….
\nMarble, Colorado 81623
\nJune 1, 2009
\nGunnison County Assessor
\nMs. Kristy McFarland
\n221 N. Wisconsin Ave. Ste A
\nGunnison, CO 81230
\nDear Ms. McFarland:
\nThe purpose of this letter is to formally protest our 2009 Real Property Notice of Valuation. The properties in question are Lots _ and _, Filing _, ____ __ ____, Marble, Colorado. The taxes that we paid this year were too high for the following reasons:
\n1.
\nThe \u201cSQUARE FEET LIVING AREA\u201d is 0, not ___. The house is unfinished.
\n2.
\nThe Real Estate market has dropped in most places in Western Colorado, including neighboring counties and towns like Carbondale, and Aspen.
\n3.
\nWe did not add $_____ worth of materials or labor into our house in the last two years!
\n….
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