more from a ridiculous liberal
That would be $30.53.
You read that right. The owner of what one state report calls “one of the most valuable residential lots in the State of Maine” pays less in taxes on the lion’s share of that land than a struggling family of four might pay for a rare night out at the pizza parlor.
So how, pray tell, is Poliquin’s management of those 10 acres supporting the wood products industry and, by extension, the local economy?
Good question.
For starters, there’s a covenant in his deed that states, “Trees may be thinned only for purposes of view, and the environment shall be completely protected at all times from the excessive cutting of trees.”
Then there’s Poliquin’s own 2004 application for a tax abatement, in which he backed up his request with the assertion that “my lot cannot be used for any commercial purposes.”
Finally, there’s a lengthy report to the Legislature’s Taxation Committee on Maine’s Tree Growth Tax Law by a Maine Forest Service task force.
Conducted in 2009, the analysis was aimed in part at probing “the perception that some land is being classified under the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law that does not meet the statutory requirement or purpose of the law.”
The 32-page report includes nine examples, compiled by the Maine Municipal Association, of what the organization considered “problematic enrollment” in the Tree Growth Tax Law program.
Example No. 3, lo and behold, is Poliquin’s property in Georgetown.
“For several reasons, including difficulty of road access and the restrictions on timber harvesting according to the state’s shoreland zoning regulations, the ability to harvest any timber on this property – even if that was the interest of the landowner – is extremely limited,” the report says.
Yet from those trees, Poliquin has harvested one heck of a cash pile. If his 10 “tree growth” acres were assigned the same $469,600-per-acre value as his two adjacent “home site” acres, that $30.53 tax bill would balloon to somewhere around $33,000 a year.
now if you were not connected that would be considered a felony offense;you probably would be charged for filing a false report to evade taxes!
I mean come on people =who slipped this through? this isn't the only thing being brought up about this person and he's not the average citizen he holds a very important post in this state. would you say he passes the ethical qualifications to hold such a post? does appearence as a nice guy all the qualifications to hold this job? hey you know what they say about smart guys! some of the highest IQ'S ARE BEHIND BARS!
FOR MY MONEY TAR AND FEATHERS PLUS RESIGNATION IS THE LEAST HE SHOULD GET!
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