"The "bill" listed my friend's rental property address and her home address,"
Karen, Your friend's account about UCD billing her home is correct. While UCD claimed that their BID would only tax rental units for those with 4 or more units, they lied again. Unless your friend's rental property had 4 or more separate units, she was not to be taxed at all for the first few years. Certainly, not her residence too. In the occupied surveilance district, I have two rental properties with a total of 5 units and my house. My bill gives an amount for each property assessment. When Penn offered the dog and pony shows about the BID plan to tax us (yes Mel, it's not a tax just a little old mandatory assessment), UCD claimed that it was targeting rental units only. UCD has courted the homeowners clubs and individual homeowners. Like we saw when Penn tried to force this BID, UCD is trying to use/fool those homeowners by appealing to fear, anger and bullying. UCD has promised the homeowners that it will tax the small landlords only so that we are forced to sell to Penn's corporate partners. While the "district" appeals to the homeowners with door prizes, promises, etc, the small landlords and long term neighborhood renters will be forced out of their angry little village paradise. ( Between the trash violations, community court chain gang, and the BID tax, I have lived in terror for several years. I thought this would be my home and community for the rest of my life, but I am leaving before Penn forces me out through bankruptcy.) Of course, Penn intends to tax the stupid "UCD cheerleaders" too-- Just like they intend to demolish the 40th and Pine St mansion in a few years if Barry, Tony and Melanie can't deliver immediately. Penn real estate could happily wait a few years before taxing their cheerleaders. To me, this recent development suggests that Penn believes the power and size of their corporate partners will force the BID next time--just like they proved to PHC that the neighborhood had nearly unanimous corporate support for the Campus Inn. It is not a one taxed person, one vote method that Penn is trying to use for its BID; it is the value of the corporate housing that Penn is attempting to use to get the power to levy private taxes. They don't need the homeowners support anymore!!! It's no longer just Moyer and a few others targeted, it's everyone not on a UCD committee!!!! Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: KAREN ALLEN To: Glenn ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:25 AM Subject: RE: [UC] violation pictures, front page Al Dia Yes, what Glenn is saying about this is absolutely true. A few weeks ago, a friend called me to vent. She owns a rental property on Cedar Avenue, and she received what she thought was a "bill" from UCD. The "bill" listed my friend's rental property address and her home address, and said that UCD was requesting a "voluntary contribution" of approximately $490!!! This was based on a calculation of 12.5% of the property taxes my friend paid on her two properties! Even though it kept stating "voluntary contribution", at a casual glance it looked just like a bill. UCD did this despite the fact that they have no legal authority to exact a tax. So they went ahead and started compiling property ownership and property tax information anyway. Yes, Penn/UCD apologist (you know who you are) I know that it's public information, but I still have a problem with them compiling information on people. What other kinds of information are they compiling on us??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: [UC] violation pictures, front page Al Dia Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:57:10 -0500 Neighbors, ...Some of you are not aware but UCD surveils us. They compile records to keep track of all property owners and send out bills to intimidate us with the coming BID. ( The BID will give tax collecting rights to Campus Apts, Penn, Melanie, Tony, and Lussenhop. The gang Lussenhop referred to publicly as the "coalition of the willing.") http://home.earthlink.net/~rwelter322/Campus/ http://news.aldiainc.com/article.php?article=26853§ion=46 Go pay your violations because more are on the way. Campus Apts and Windhole Lewey are making us "cleaner and safer" Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/2008 8:35 AM
