http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/energy-accounting/ Travel, Tourism, Outdoors, News and Information for the Adirondack Region of New York Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:10:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/2008/04/energy-accounting/comment-page-1/#comment-12694 Bruce Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:55:31 +0000 http://www.adirondackbasecamp.com/?p=612#comment-12694 Don't cry crocodile tears for the "lost property values". That's bar-room talk. The assessor will jack the values up to actual selling prices of comparable property in the next re-val, so the owners will pay their fare share of the local budget. North Country vacation property, even in one-horse Adirondack communities, is selling for 20 to 30 times a family income. Especially anything on-or-near water, or ANY ski area. The homeowners will pay their fair taxes, or they'll sell it ($800,000 or whatever they can get at a large profit), or if they default, the county will sell it at auction for big bucks and keep ALL the proceeds, not just the unpaid taxes). The lying crooks who stole the power are, admittedly, poor white trash. Their cheap lies (I only did it once, or "nobody said I couldn't do it") are just that; ignorant, trailer court bar-room lies. And now, the perp's Albany lawyer, who "defends" the worst of them, will devise more lies, for himself and client. But you're right; it was "deliberate and very routine behavior". Everything was on purpose, for years. So you "doubt your own meter". It's a phone call away; tell you you think you've been undercharged. They can bring you a new one, and you'll feel safe. Fix the problem. The crooked swine at the Mountain had a scheme they were in no hurry to fix. Don’t cry crocodile tears for the “lost property values”. That’s bar-room talk. The assessor will jack the values up to actual selling prices of comparable property in the next re-val, so the owners will pay their fare share of the local budget. North Country vacation property, even in one-horse Adirondack communities, is selling for 20 to 30 times a family income. Especially anything on-or-near water, or ANY ski area. The homeowners will pay their fair taxes, or they’ll sell it ($800,000 or whatever they can get at a large profit), or if they default, the county will sell it at auction for big bucks and keep ALL the proceeds, not just the unpaid taxes). The lying crooks who stole the power are, admittedly, poor white trash. Their cheap lies (I only did it once, or “nobody said I couldn’t do it”) are just that; ignorant, trailer court bar-room lies. And now, the perp’s Albany lawyer, who “defends” the worst of them, will devise more lies, for himself and client. But you’re right; it was “deliberate and very routine behavior”. Everything was on purpose, for years. So you “doubt your own meter”. It’s a phone call away; tell you you think you’ve been undercharged. They can bring you a new one, and you’ll feel safe. Fix the problem. The crooked swine at the Mountain had a scheme they were in no hurry to fix.

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