To Our Friends in Incline Village and Crystal Bay,

Yesterday the Supreme Court issued an Order GRANTING our “Emergency Motion to Stay” the hearing before the County Board of Equalization which was originally scheduled for next Tuesday in Reno at the Reno Convention Center. Therefore, that hearing is cancelled and no one has to attend anything at the moment.

This is HUGE news as a Motion such as ours is only granted by the Supreme Court if the court feels that, “…petitioners are likely to prevail on the merits of the writ petition”.

In our Alert #132 we explained that Attorney Suellen Fulstone was filing a Writ of Mandamus to the court on behalf of the Village League. The State of Nevada and Washoe County must now file answers to the Supreme Court, within thirty days, stating why they feel that the court should not issue the Writ to us

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

If the Supreme Court rules in our favor, after receiving answers from the State and County, the State Board of Equalization will be ordered to dismiss the Washoe County Assessor’s appeal of our victory last year before the County Board of Equalization and will require Washoe County to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision issued last December 28, 2006. That ruling affirmed a roll-back of all of the Incline Village and Crystal Bay residential property taxes to their 2002 assessed values as ordered by Carson City District Court Judge Maddox.

If the Washoe County Treasurer, Bill Berrum, then continues to withhold our refunds, he could be personally found to be in “contempt of court.”

THE MAY 8 HEARING IS CANCELLED!

Please tell any of your friends that may have been planning to attend that the hearing will not take place. We received the Supreme Court Order just one hour after we had mailed our notice requesting your presence.

Our sincere thanks to all of you who already had indicated that you would be there for us. With the receipt of this incredibly good news your attendance will not be necessary!!

There is a lot going on behind the scenes. We are still fighting every step of the way and with your help we will continue to do so.

Stay tuned - the battle is heating up!

Sincerely,