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I did!! sloppy at best!!! PNG should be licking their chops!!!!!! blood is in the water!
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Can't figure out why you are such a Chester fan being from or currently at Brookeland?
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Predictions??? Chester 2-0 sweep!
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Appears they lost 4 đ¤ˇđťââď¸. Theyâre about to get another shot at Brookeland, though.
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Anyone see the Nederland scrimmage? If so, do you have any thoughts on what you saw?
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BigWillie2003 reacted to a post in a topic: Silsbee's Joe Sigler to retire..... Silsbee is open
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Calvin Walker is finally paying for stealing from BISD
thetragichippy replied to bullets13's topic in Local Headlines
9 years minus the 180ish days is a long time. -
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Calvin Walker is finally paying for stealing from BISD
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Calvin Walker is finally paying for stealing from BISD
bullets13 replied to bullets13's topic in Local Headlines
After only paying a few hundred dollars back to the district, but spending thousands while spending weekends in jail, Walker has finally had his probation revoked. -
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bullets13 reacted to a post in a topic: The 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship
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Start working on Magatraz. Looks like we will be having some residents⌠[Hidden Content]
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Obama ended the âdry footâ policy as well while he was trying to play kissy face with communist Cuba. Truth be told, he probably ended the policy because Cubans are generally conservative voters. They donât fit into the race-baiting Democrat playbook. Thatâs another very big reason why the authors of the 14th didnât want birthplace citizenship. They spelled out âno foreigners.â They wanted immigrants to assimilate before becoming a citizen. Today, everyone wants to be a âsomething-American.â No one says theyâre just an American any more. No assimilation. People live in their own little silos with like kindâusually based on race. I blame the racial politics of the Democratic Party. Theyâve been splitting people apart by race since they began as a Party. Itâs only gotten worse over time.
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5GallonBucket reacted to a post in a topic: The 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship
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5GallonBucket reacted to a post in a topic: The 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship
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Youâre right. The way that the process typically works is that the CAD looks at nuts and bolts. Square footage multiplied by a value per foot and sets your appraised value. Theyâll usually make correction if you protest with an actual error, like âthat storage building has been gone for two yearsâ or something along those lines⌠if you have a question of value (like a deteriorated driveway or a partially finished interior), they usually stick by their calculations. Youâll then need to ask for a hearing by the Appraisal Review Board-theyâre independent citizens that mediate disputes between the CAD appraisers and the taxpayers. Theyâve got more leeway to adjust value than the appraisers that are working exclusively off of ratios and numbers. The only time that Iâve had success arguing value with the CAD was one year when Iâd paid for an independent appraisal for a home equity loan in that exact year, and the detailed report from the independent appraiser swayed the county appraiser to adjust the value downward before I went to see the ARB-and I think it happened because they knew Iâd prevail at the ARB hearing with my evidence. But we still negotiated a little bit.
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Yep. But what they fail to address is that without a decent driveway, no way in hell am I getting the appraised value for my house and property.
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WAAAY off topic, but your comment reminds me of a joke: "You know the problem with female referees in the NFL? They keep bringing up stuff you did like 3 games ago..." đ¤Ł
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Youâre not wrong. The CAD is trying to make sure that your appraised value is within 95-105% of its actual market value this year. Sometimes theyâre on point and sometimes theyâre way off. BUT, if my house has a sale price of $100k, I donât leave the table with $100k. By the time you back out closing costs, a survey, title policy, buyer concessions and realtor fees, Iâd be doing good to leave the take with $87k. Iâm annually paying property tax on the fees that were paid once to others. Thatâs not fair IMO⌠but I donât know how to make it any more fair. I donât disagree with your driveway scenario, but like they said-the value of paving isnât considered as a part of your CAD appraisal. Two mostly identical housesâŚShould somebody with a long driveway pay more than somebody with a short one? Same goes with fences⌠i donât have one, but neighbor has a bunch of money tied up in a four rail fence and remote controlled entry gate. They just donât consider those things. Thereâs good ground and bad ground. Some pastures stay wet half of the year, but others drain immediately-the acreage is taxed the same while we all agree that the actual values would vary greatly. Itâs an inexact science that should be explained better, but itâs hard to reason when the typical response is made in anger.
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The 14th Amendment & Birthright Citizenship
LumRaiderFan replied to OlDawg's topic in Political Forum
Itâs very clear why Reagan did it, Iâve actually explained the reasoning. Why donât you read answers when you ask questions? -
I dont have a problem with illegals being deported. Read what I wrote earlier
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Candace Owens mopping the floor again. I really like herâŚ
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I asked her but, well, you knowâŚâŚ..fence post syndrome.
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Do you know what "perseverating" means? That's what you're doing. We're talking about something happening right now, and your only response is to (repeatedly) bring up something from 40 years ago. The irony is you keep asking this question but won't address why it was okay for Obama to deport so many people.