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Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. <supremelawfirm@gmail.com>
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Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:54 AM
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Thank you very much, Joy.
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.
On Mon, Feb 12,
2018 at 11:43 AM, KRAWCZYK Joy * DOR <Joy.Krawczyk@oregon.gov>
wrote:
Good morning, Mr.
Mitchell:
Mr. Hartman
initially called our Property Tax Division leadership to request a meeting
about his concern regarding property valuations in Douglas County.
This was the first
we’d heard from him about this issue.
Division leadership
met with Mr. Hartman on May 26, 2016, and he brought a list of questions
about the situation.
I’ve attached a copy
of those questions, which is the only document we have from Mr. Hartman
that is responsive to your request for records regarding the Douglas County
Assessor notifying us of any overcharges.
As this is the
extent of the records we have in our custody that are responsive to your
request, I’ll be closing your public records request with us.
However, please feel
free to contact me if you have any questions about this response.
Joy Krawczyk
Communications Operations Manager
Oregon Department of Revenue
Thank you very much, Joy.
This query has become rather important to the People of
Douglas County:
In the main, our
most recent analysis calls for the conclusion that
the County CFO's
SUMMARYs OF PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS
for Fiscal Years
ending 6/30/2016 and 6/30/2017 do not appear
to reflect the "value corrections" reported by the
Assessor.
Those SUMMARYs are
archived here (for evidence purposes):
See line Item 3: Personal Property.
Compare paragraph 3
in the Assessor's published status report, dated April 30, 2017,
("... able to value correct them for the tax bills
that went out in 2015")
Accordingly, we
suspect that the 6,000+ damaged taxpayers
continue to be
overcharged, particularly if
the Douglas County CFO
is
maintaining two (or three) separate sets of books!
Thanks again for your timely assistance.
Attachment:
relevant article from The Roseburg Beacon
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.
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018
at 8:29 AM, KRAWCZYK Joy * DOR <Joy.Krawczyk@oregon.gov> wrote:
We received your
request for records pertaining to notifications of overcharges from the Douglas
County Assessor’s Office.
Staff from our Property Tax Division are reviewing our records to see if we have
anything responsive to your request.
As soon as their
review is complete, I’ll email you with the results.
If you have any
questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact me.
Joy Krawczyk
Communications Operations Manager
Oregon Department of Revenue
Greetings Oregon Department of Revenue:
In the following
reprint of an article in The Roseburg Beacon,
Mr. Roger A. Hartman
was quoted to say that he did notify the
Oregon Department of
Revenue of the 6,000 personal property accounts
(page one, column one, paragraph two)
The People of
Douglas County ex rel. hereby submit a
proper Request under
the Oregon Public Records Law
for true and correct
copies of the Douglas County Assessor's
notification to you
concerning those overcharges, including
but not limited to
email and any other printed notification(s)
RSVP via email (preferred)
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.
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