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scottalanmiller

Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145

bigbear

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145

While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?

Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol

travisdh1

@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145

While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?

Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol

What, you think the people in the houses actually own the land? I can almost guarantee that they've all purchased a piece of property that is land use and not ownership. Otherwise, government couldn't tax it.

bigbear

@travisdh1 The idea that a tax lexy of a few hundred dollars could go unnoticed and result in this means no one tried to contact said residents.

Then again, as wealthy people are generally even more stingy, they likely would have fought the $300 fee in court.

scottalanmiller

@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:

@travisdh1 The idea that a tax lexy of a few hundred dollars could go unnoticed and result in this means no one tried to contact said residents.

Then again, as wealthy people are generally even more stingy, they likely would have fought the $300 fee in court.

Residents didn't own the street as it was, so they were not the ones to be contacted. The HOA that owned the street didn't update their tax records and had the tax info sent to their old address without forwarding.

scottalanmiller

@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145

While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?

Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol

It was, they send the tax statements regularly. They have records of it. That the place that they sent it to had been abandoned was the HOA's problem.

scottalanmiller

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145

While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?

Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol

What, you think the people in the houses actually own the land? I can almost guarantee that they've all purchased a piece of property that is land use and not ownership. Otherwise, government couldn't tax it.

HOA owned it. HOA was incompetent.

scottalanmiller

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/innodisk-booth-fire-flash-memory-summit,35184.html

InnoDisk booth has a fire at the flash summit.

"Flash fire" anyone? Too soon?

PenguinWrangler

@scottalanmiller I saw that, and thought "Fire Sale!"

scottalanmiller

It went with blazing speed!

scottalanmiller

Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40907084

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40907084

I always wondered about fruitcake. What is it really made of? Antifreeze?

QuixoticJustin

@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40907084

I always wondered about fruitcake. What is it really made of? Antifreeze?

Apparently not, it's been frozen all these years.