On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:54:35 -0800, Dave Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Good evening, Travis... > >Travis Pahl wrote: > >> I live in the blue county of King in Washington. The Rural area of >> King County are in the beginging stages of secession from >> Seattle/Bellevue. The King County Council and executive created a >> regulation saying that rural land owners can only develope something >> like 45% of their land making the other 55% essentially not their >> (except when it comes to paying taxes). > >Wasn't there an article in what <???> Washington Magazine <?> about the >outrageous taxes being paid by rural land owners last year? If I have the >right periodical, they also mentioned the "land use" doctrine which is >being applied by King County Planning Department, and soon to be others, >as well. > >In Stevens County, if the County Commissioners tried that kind of crap we >would see the biggest recall of public officials in Eastern Washington's >history. Of course, our problem, somewhat unlike yours, is that nearly >one-quarter of Stevens County is currently federally or state-owned, and >that drives up the price of the available land, as well. > >However, on the good side, you can still see the stars at night when you >step out the back door almost anywhere in Stevens County. You used to be >able to do that in Spokane and (in Idaho) Kootenai Counties, but no more. ><sigh> Too many strip malls and city lights. > >Dave Talk to some farmers here in the Columbia Basin who have had acres and acres of their land declared 'wet lands' so they are no longer allowed to farm them. As far as how it affects or doesn't affect their taxes I don't know. Sure does affect their income. Conster _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
