Category Archives: Legal Issues
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Charge Utility Service Providers Franchise Fees, And Allow Them to Involuntarily “Pass Through” Those Fees to Local Parcel Owners?
Assuming Arguendo The District’s Recreation Facility Fee (“RFF”) is Actually a “Fee,” Has it Been Transformed Into an Invalid “Tax” Because Rather Than Paying For Special Services, Benefits, or Privileges Furnished to Those Local Parcels Which Are Assessed, it Pays For “General Benefits to” Society as a Whole?
No they cannot. And here are the reasons why. As we’ve demonstrated elsewhere, “each year, the District establishes…annual Recreation…and Beach Facility Fee(s)…collected from property owners within the District through a levy placed on the(ir) property tax bill(s)…As part of the … Continue reading →
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Lobby Legislators to Influence Legislation And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Donate District Assets as Well as The Use Thereof, And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Snowplow And Sand Someone Else’s Property (Here Portions of The County’s Ski Way And Country Club Drive), And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Cost?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Maintain And Repair Someone Else’s Property (Here The School District’s Upper Incline High School Athletic Field), And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
Is The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Permitted to Maintain Someone Else’s Property (Here The County’s East-West Parks), And Involuntarily Assess Local Parcel Owners The Costs?
The Incline Village General Improvement District’s (“IVGID’s”) Strategic Plan is Worthless For Any Purpose Other Than Propaganda
As elsewhere stated, in Nevada GIDs are limited purpose special districts. Meaning their powers are limited to those expressly provided by statute and none others1. And if you the reader examines the powers which have actually been granted to IVGID, … Continue reading →
Do The Incline Village General Improvement District’s (“IVGID’s”) Budgets Guaranty Staff Will Not Spend Public Monies, Nor Incur Public Liabilities, Nor Enter Into Public Contracts Which By Their Terms Involve Expenditures in Excess of Those Expressly Appropriated?
Many residents mistakenly believe District staff’s expenditure of public monies is protected from inappropriate financial deceit/manipulation/wrongdoing simply because: those expenditures must be budgeted to be appropriated; District budgets must be filed with the State; and, it’s unlawful for staff to … Continue reading →