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
District Credit Cards Disingenuously Labeled “Procurement Cards”
The District has a credit card charge account. But do you understand it has in excess of fifty (50) of these accounts tied into a master account? And these credit cards are disbursed by staff as a matter of course … Continue reading →
Joe Pomroy’s Agreement With NV Energy to Install, Maintain, Repair And Operate Four (4) Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (“EVC Ses”) Without The Knowledge Nor Advance Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board
for a minimum period of five (5) years. And to provide free EV charges to the public during this five (5) year period. On November 16, 2013 Brad Johnson, the District’s principle engineer, purchased four (4) Eaton 70 amp EVCSes … Continue reading →
Joseph Pomroy’s Sale of District Wastewater Without The Knowledge Nor Advance Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board
One of the District’s basic powers is to furnish sanitary facilities for sewerage. It maintains a Wastewater Reclamation Treatment Plant aka Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility (“WRRF”) at Sweetwater Drive. According to the District, the Treatment Plant treats “an average of … Continue reading →
Gerry Eick’s Sale of Three (3) District Parcels With Beach Access Without The Knowledge Nor Advance Approval of The Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”) Board
The District acquired 87 unbuildable tax delinquent Incline Village properties from Washoe County in October of 2012 and early 2013. That acquisition was secured based upon staff’s misrepresentation that the subject properties would be held for “open space” public purposes. … Continue reading →
X – Do The District’s Central Services Cost Transfers Represent Payment For The Central Services Allegedly Furnished Staff And Past/Current Boards Have Represented/Represent? Or Are They Just More Impermissible Taxes?
In a word no! As we’ve elsewhere discussed, central services represent The “core services almost all (governments require in order)…to support their operations and mission provided by a central service provider.” And in Nevada, the costs associated with those services … Continue reading →
What is a “Fee?”
Because “fees” represent such large percentages of the revenues collected by the Incline Village General Improvement District (“IVGID”), we believe it important to understand what these monetary exactions actually represent. And their authority for assessment. And against what/whom they are … Continue reading →
Those Circumstances Under Which a “Fee” Can Be Transformed Into a “Tax”
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,” Here we examine the circumstances under which … Continue reading →
Those Circumstances Under Which The “Paid by Choice” Factor Applicable to Nearly All Fees Can Be Disregarded
As elsewhere stated, according to Emerson College v. City of Boston, at 391 Mass. 415, 424-425, 462 N.E.2d 1098, 1105 (1984), fees “based on the rights of (a governmental) entity as proprietor of the instrumentalities used,” are: 1. Charged “in … Continue reading →