02-23-2010, 09:31 PM
[quote ParrMark]
Two key points were mentioned. First, that the land owners are paying property taxes on the property under the waterways. It seems unfair to the landowners to be paying taxes on so called "public waterway." We both agreed that needs to be changed.
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I have a real hard time with this idea...in front of my house is a sidewalk under which I own property and pay taxes on. With the line of thought above, I either should have the right to fence off that sidewalk and keep the public from walking up and down on it, or I shouldn't have to pay taxes for the land which it crosses...
...along those same lines, all sidewalks in neighborhoods across the state should either be viewed as "private" property and give the owners the allowance to fence, post, and keep tresspassers off, or landowners shouldn't have to pay taxes on this land.
The right to fish and recreate on public water is no different than the public's right to walk down a sidewalk along 70th south or any other street.
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Two key points were mentioned. First, that the land owners are paying property taxes on the property under the waterways. It seems unfair to the landowners to be paying taxes on so called "public waterway." We both agreed that needs to be changed.
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I have a real hard time with this idea...in front of my house is a sidewalk under which I own property and pay taxes on. With the line of thought above, I either should have the right to fence off that sidewalk and keep the public from walking up and down on it, or I shouldn't have to pay taxes for the land which it crosses...
...along those same lines, all sidewalks in neighborhoods across the state should either be viewed as "private" property and give the owners the allowance to fence, post, and keep tresspassers off, or landowners shouldn't have to pay taxes on this land.
The right to fish and recreate on public water is no different than the public's right to walk down a sidewalk along 70th south or any other street.
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