Subject:
NOTICE OF INTENT to add calculations for RICO Years 11, 12 and 13 to
all future INVOICE(s) re: DOUGLAS COUNTY DAMAGES CLAIM (5/24/2017)
Cc: "Paul B. van Dyk" <
Greetings Douglas County Commissioners:
In the FIFTH ADJUSTED INVOICE FOR DAMAGES CLAIM,
the Addendum therein lists the following line items under the heading
SUMMARIES OF PROPERTY
TAX COLLECTIONS FOR 13 FISCAL YEARS
ENDING JUNE 30, 2005
THRU JUNE 30, 2017 (inclusive):
RICO Fiscal Personal Property Remaining Total
Year Year Taxes Certified Uncollected Collected
---- --------- ----------------- ------------- ------------
11 2014-2015 3,391,196.14 - 182,794.95 = 3,208,401.19
12 2015-2016 2,900,390.01 - 91,215.37 = 2,809,174.64
13 2016-2017 3,034,749.15 - 92,235.54 = 2,942,513.61
That FIFTH ADJUSTED INVOICE does not include any calculations
for RICO Years 11, 12 or 13 supra. See Item 1 on Page 1.
The latter 3 figures under Personal Property Taxes Certified
do not appear to reflect any of the "value corrections" that were reported
by the County Assessor in his published status report dated April 30, 2017,
archived here:
(see Paragraph 3)
Quoting:
"... our internal investigation found over 6,000 tax accounts where
values were artificially inflated and were able to value correct them
for the tax bills that went out in 2015." [emphasis added]
Notably, the yearly average for RICO Years 11 thru 13
is approximately equal to the yearly average for RICO Years 6 thru 10
(read no significant changes).
Moreover, your extended silence in this matter now gives the
People of Douglas County good cause to infer that refunds
have still NOT been issued to any of the 6,000+ damaged taxpayers.
Accordingly, please accept this email message as a formal NOTICE OF INTENT
of the People of Douglas County to supplement all future INVOICE(s)
with Personal Property Taxes Certified for RICO Years 11, 12 and 13,
using the same methodologies to add triple damages, accrued interest,
and elder abuse penalties for all thirteen (13) RICO Years.
Thank you for your professional consideration in this matter.
Cc: Douglas County Risk Manager(s)
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
Private Attorney General, Civil RICO: 18 U.S.C. 1964;
Agent of the United States as Qui Tam Relator (4X),
Federal Civil False Claims Act: 31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.
