(Ben) Nelson (D-Ne) accepts assessment

[Omaha Steve]

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Published Tuesday
August 8, 2006

Nelson accepts assessment

BY ROBYNN TYSVER

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says he won't contest a Sarpy County official's decision that the acreage surrounding Nelson's Platte River cabin doesn't qualify for an agricultural tax reduction.

That means Nelson, D-Neb., could owe up to $14,000 in back property taxes for the past three years, said Sarpy County Assessor Dan Pittman.

Pittman sent a letter to Nelson today saying that he had surveyed the senator's property on Monday and found no sign that the land was being used for either horticultural or agricultural purposes.

The assessor gave Nelson until Aug. 18 to contest the decision.

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. Not to worry!

That raise should come in very handy.

[TwilightZone]

2. As opposed to Ricketts, who has fought against his *more than fair*

assessment for years.

I've said it elsewhere - as much as I dislike Ben Nelson's political stances on many issues, Pete Ricketts would be infinitely worse.

[SoCalDem]

3. I wonder how many OTHER people had their land "re-assessed"

There are TONS of "farmers' who continue to receive money based on calling open land a "farm"..

Subsidies should go to actual farmers when they produce valid records that PROVE they have farmed/are farming the land...and it should only go to REAL farmers...not just wealthy folks who can afford to buy out actual farmers and who are planning to "sit on" the land and get subsidies until another rich guy comes along with enough money to buy them out and build houses..

Farm land is going away at an alarming rate as older farmers who succeeded too well, get old or die.. Successful farmers sent their own kids to college, and there are few college-educated professionals , in their 40's & 50's now, who want to (or even could) go back to farm dad's land..

The passing down from parent to child, of farm land is a thing of the past.. These days the 'grown kids can;t wait for the olders to pass away, so they can sell the dfarm and make big bucks... Towns have grown out to where the farms have been. so developers love to get their hands on this level, cleared land..

[Ian David]

4. They're just persecuting him because he's a Christian. n/t