Comments on: November 6 roundup

By: mx

mx — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:59:58 +0000

"But the better analogy would be if they showed up demanding 2% of the value of the house and its furnishings, and added that they would be back with that same demand each year." 2018 tax rate is $21.21 per thousand dollars of assessed property value. Seems like someone already is coming around demanding about 2% of the value of the house every year.

By: SPO

SPO — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:54:34 +0000

In reply to John Fembup. Obviously, none of you have dealt with state regulators. There are generally a slew of reasons why they are wrong.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:06:12 +0000

In reply to John Fembup. I love that observation. I had also heard the line about diseases and cures but had not thought to make the connection.

By: John Fembup

John Fembup — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:01:15 +0000

“[w]hen a party comes to us with nine grounds for reversing the district court, that usually means there are none.”

As Anton Chekhov (also a physician) once observed – “When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable”