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Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We have read your article regarding the campsites and the delinquent tax list. As you know we tried in every way that we could to have the County bill us as a group and not independently. W e were willing to pay the taxes many years in advance if they would accept it on the property in this manner. We even went to the extent of forming a non-profit corporation so the corporation would be in charge of paying the taxes, thus alleviating the County of being bothered with this tremendous number of people involved in these campsites. The County was the one that decided to bill each campsite owner separately. And by doing this the County is receiving $3505.60 on every 40 acres. Initially, these 40 acres were taxed $3.13 - - making an increase of 1100 times. We have formed a non-profit corporation, Wilderness West Recreation Club and Maintenance Main-tenance Association, but because of the continuing criticism by the Attorney General's Office and the fact the County is charging such an exorbitant amount on the taxes, we have notified the landowners that they would have to pay the taxes independently. Additional funds derived from paying their taxes as a group would have gone into development develop-ment of the land and water. There are three springs on that section which flow the year round. These three springs would provide ample water for any alnd all campers who would use it. In your last article you mentioned men-tioned that this property was worthless. If this land is worthless, wor-thless, why is the County asking so much for taxes? |