Category Archives: The Impermissible Powers IVGID Exercises
Using Recreation Facility Fees, Wrongfully, to Pay For “Open Space” The District Has No Power to Furnish
As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose for general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities and … Continue reading →
Snowplowing And Sanding Someone Else’s (Washoe County’s) Dedicated Public Roadways Without The Knowledge Nor Approval of The Current Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board of Trustees
Steven Pinkerton’s Initiation of The IVGID Magazine fka The IVGID Quarterly Without The Advance Knowledge Nor Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board of Trustees
Massive Philanthropy For The Benefit of Special Interests and Favored Collaborators
As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose for general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities and … Continue reading →
Lobbying Law Makers/Regulators to Advocate For/Against State of Nevada Legislation
Introduction: As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Their powers are strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature, as explicitly conferred by their respective County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”), in their initiating ordinances, as … Continue reading →
Lobbying Members of Congress/Regulators to Advocate For/Against Federal Legislation
As with the propriety of all local governmental powers, we begin our analysis with the Nevada Constitution given it “is the ‘supreme law of the state which ‘control[s] over any conflicting statutory provisions.’” Nev. Const. Art. 8, Sec. 8 instructs that … Continue reading →
Using Solid Waste Franchise Fees as Just Another Revenue Source to Cover Massive Staff Over Spending
As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Therefore their powers are to be strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature as explicitly conferred by their County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”) in the GID’s initiating … Continue reading →
Creating, Publishing and Distributing a Magazine Laden With Third Party Advertising
As demonstrated elsewhere, general improvement districts (“GIDs”) are limited purpose special districts. Therefore their powers are strictly construed and limited to those provided by the Legislature as explicitly conferred by their County Boards of Commissioners (“County Boards”) in the GID’s initiating ordinance as supplemented, if at all, … Continue reading →
Using Recreation Facility Fees, Wrongfully, to Equip and Operate Facilities For Regional Transportation The District Has No Power to Furnish
As demonstrated elsewhere, the purpose for general improvement districts (“GIDs”) is supposed to be “to provide various urban type services (to real property in)…areas where such services (a)re not available and (cannot) be provided (for) by general purpose government(s)” such as counties, cities and … Continue reading →