Let Me Explain What I Said About Property Tax

In the Spring of 2016, I started sharing information on this site about the property taxes of the Marshall County attorney, Laura McNish. At present, all of the information about Marshall County, Kansas, and the taxes of property owners indicates that Ms. McNish is cheating when she files her property taxes. I have heard questions and opinions, both in person and in writing, to the effect that Ms. McNish cannot possibly do such a thing, but the facts and figures do not lie. Below is a screenshot of the county attorney's property tax information for the year 2015. Note that her residential property, in a completely residential neighborhood, in a place where farming is forbidden by the covenants, is listed as a farm, rather than a residence.

Now that you have had a chance to see Laura McNish's property taxes, you should be aware that all of her neighbors in the Keystone Addition are paying property taxes on residences, not farms. Also, for your viewing pleasure, I have included an excerpt from the covenants of the Keystone Addition, stating that agriculture and business are prohibited. So anyone can see that there is no legal way that Laura McNish, Esquire, can run a farm on her acre or so of lawn space around her house on Lot 114 in the Keystone Addition. Hopefully, this will answer everyone's questions about the posts on this site concerning possible tax fraud on the part of the Marshall County Attorney. Of course, this is only what we know about, so far. There may be more.

No one is above the law, and anyone who enforces the law should keep the law. This includes county attorneys in Kansas.

Old Macfishface Had A Farm

The warning was given three times from this site, in three recent posts. It seems that the county attorney in Marshall County, Kansas still thinks that pretending to practice law is a type of farming or ranching. The law is pretty clear: in order to declare one's real estate property as a farm or a ranch, and pay the lower taxes associated thereof, the property must generate forty percent of one's income in the form of agriculture. A very big problem in Laura McNish's case is that the covenants of the Keystone Addition, where her "farm" is located, clearly prohibits farming and ranching. My, my! What's a lawyer with a green thumb to do? Even if the "farm" is clandestine, and only legal in Colorado and Washington; shouldn't a county prosecutor pay her fair share of property taxes?

How's The Coffee?

Businesses that allow you to use their wifi are nice, aren't they? Especially when coffee is served nearby!  I've noticed you, quite a few times, here on my site. You spend quite a bit of time, checking and double checking certain posts; my tracker records all of it. In fact, my tracker has a name for you: it is 107.217.92.84. You've been doing this for a couple of years now, not always from the above IP, but; nonetheless, reading and rereading all of this site's posts about a certain subject.

Usually, such interest in a topic is accompanied by a relevant comment or an email, with a coherent question and identifying information from the sender. As long as the contact is friendly, and no threats or other ugliness is involved, there is never a problem. So.......in the past couple of years, what have you so fervently sought here, on this site? What do you want?

As for the posts that seem to grab your attention, they are not going away. The current information surprised yours truly, as well as quite a few others, but it stood up to fact checks and is, sadly, true. If you actually care about the person involved, you should tell her to make amends and reparations. I intend to continue to write about the matter until it is completely amended. I will also cover it elsewhere, because it is public information, and this is an election year. Since this site is my personal blog, I also have posts on the subject already published, scheduled to appear on certain dates. No matter what happens, those posts will appear at the time they are scheduled to appear. Even if the entire Midwest, from.....ahem....Zionsville, Indiana to Colorado suddenly ceases to exist, the posts on the subject that interests you so much will appear! The only person who can interfere is yours truly.

I hope you have enjoyed your coffee. It's been fun chatting with you.

What Are You Growing, Laura?

 

Property tax information is public, and it came to the attention of quite a few individuals in this area that you have not paid the proper amount in taxes, but have paid a lower amount. The question remains, where's the farm? What's the crop? Provide an accounting of how and why you should pay taxes on your property as if it were a farm. If you do not, the question will keep reappearing. Promise.