As elsewhere discussed, GIDs are limited purpose special districts intended to address very specific services along the lines of vector control (mosquitos), library, fire, water, sewer and cemetery districts. They are creatures of statute and in Nevada, those statutes are set forth … Continue reading →
Naysayers in our community with an agenda proclaim, without evidence no less, that GID Boards exist only to adopt policy. They assert it is the job of unelected staff to implement that policy. However, compare this assertion to what NRS … Continue reading →
But for a judicial confirmation petition which “Pray(s for)…judicial examination and determination of the validity of any power conferred or of any instrument, act or project of the municipality, whether or not such power has been exercised, such instrument has … Continue reading →
Given local parcel owners have in essence involuntarily financed IVGID’s acquisition and improvement of its public recreation facilities and the beaches since inception, how do they recoup their investments should the District be dissolved, merged or consolidated? NRS 318.510(1) and … Continue reading →
As elsewhere demonstrated, as a special purpose district IVGID’s basic powers are expressly limited to those we have identified. And remember, should there be any doubt as to the extent of those powers, that doubt must be construed against the District and the power … Continue reading →
Because staff and past/current Boards have wanted/want our moneys so they can continue to intentionally spend beyond their means, and they’re committed/have been committed to a “means justify(ing) ends” philosophy, is it any surprise we’ve been told that based upon … Continue reading →
As we’ve elsewhere demonstrated, the District has told us the RFF/BFF represent: 1. “Recreation standby and service charges;” 2. Levied and collected against real property; 3. “For the (mere) availability of the use of IVGID’s beaches” and various public recreation … Continue reading →
An otherwise legitimate “fee” can be transformed into an impermissible special “tax” because “The Legislature’s law-making authority is…not unlimited (and)…courts are obligated to enforce the limitations that the Constitution imposes upon legislative acts.” Therefore here we examine the circumstances under … Continue reading →
Ad valorem taxes are taxes “On real property describe(d as) a general tax levy which applies a given (tax) rate to the assessed valuation of all taxable property within a particular taxing district. Such is the tax levied by a … Continue reading →
Since this web site deals so much with the District’s finances and their financial reporting, we believe it is important for you the reader to understand the latter. Hence this attempt. In Nevada a local government’s financial practices are regulated … Continue reading →