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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 24
This article appeared on WorldNetDaily.com on Saturday, May 4, 2002.
President Bush recently spoke to community leaders in Los Angeles at the First African Methodist Episcopal Renaissance Center. And while he didn't mention Rodney King directly during his speech, he alluded to the violent rioting that took place after the first verdict in the trial of the LAPD officers who had been accused of assaulting King.
The Rodney King incident happened more than 10 years ago, and while much has transpired since then, how to avoid a similar situation is still unknown.
Let's review the facts: Rodney King was engaged in a high-speed chase, at night, on Los Angeles freeways, pursued by several police officers in different squad cars. They had observed King in violation of traffic laws and had attempted to pull him over using the usual sirens and lights. King refused to submit, and so the chase was on.
However, drunk, drugged or sober, he refused to obey a simple police command, engaging in a reckless high-speed chase that endangered the lives of police officers and many innocent bystanders and motorists.
After many miles, King pulled off the freeway and stopped his car, whereupon he was surrounded by a number of officers who had responded as backup. King had one or two companions in his car, and they quickly submitted to arrest.
King continued to resist. While it's true that there were several police officers and King was clearly outnumbered, he was a large man and fought ferociously as the officers tried to handcuff him. A review of the entire videotape shows King lunging at one officer as if he were grabbing for his weapon.
Losing your weapon to a crazed, out-of-control person is a cop's worst nightmare because statistically, police officers who lose their guns to the person they are trying to arrest are almost always executed with it. This fact is emphasized repeatedly in training.
In accordance with the training they received, the officers who saw King lunge toward the weapon had justification to use deadly force on King to prevent him from stealing the weapon of their fellow officer.
In spite of what some "la la" people may think, there is no code stating that King or any other "out-of-control criminal" must fire first in these or any other life-threatening circumstances.
For whatever reason, the officers did not shoot King but continued to attempt to subdue him. They proceeded to do exactly what they were trained to do they drew their nightsticks and began to hit King in places that would cause a normal man or woman to submit to arrest immediately. Training academies teach police officers and federal agents effective ways to use a nightstick. Otherwise, why carry it?
King moved about, attempting to dodge the blows. As a result, he may have been struck in places where he might not otherwise have been hit. However, as far as I know, there is no rule that forbids an officer to strike a blow to a person's head if that's what it takes to subdue him. Unfortunately for King, these blows resulted in a slight concussion.
The infamous Rodney King videotape, played again and again by the mainstream media, only showed the blows by the officers. The media neglected to play the portion of the tape that clearly showed King's lunge toward the officer's weapon. Perhaps the media failed to understand the importance of that tiny piece of tape. The jury who later heard the case must have thought it was important because they found the officers "not guilty."
The city of Los Angeles was in no mood for such a verdict, and in turn, massive rioting and destruction followed. Later, the Los Angeles police officers were retried by the former Bush administration's Justice Department on civil rights violations, and this time a Los Angeles-based jury convicted.
Many who watched the partial tape have concluded that the LAPD cops were out of control, but years later, they still have no realistic suggestions on how the cops should have reacted in a life-threatening situation such as that one. The officers were not allowed to throw a large net over him that had serious racial overtones, and so such devices could never be used. Nor could they use a tranquilizer gun for the same reasons.
When you consider that the LAPD officers' only other options, apart from shooting him, were to let King go or pile on him with six or 10 officers which of course could have killed him or caused him even more serious injury one can only wonder how much more confused human beings can become in their reasoning.
Recently, the Patrick Henry Center, along with the Second Amendment Sisters, began to provide training for women in the state of Virginia in the use of deadly force. Virginia is one of a majority of states that permit average citizens to carry concealed firearms for the purpose of self-defense.
In this and other states, if you are a woman, you are permitted to use deadly force to stop a man who is threatening you with bodily harm, and he does not even have to be big like Rodney King. He does not even have to place your life in danger according to Virginia law, just the threat of bodily injury to a woman is enough justification to shoot him.
Moreover, if you are a female police officer or female federal agent, you do not have to bop a man on the head to get him to submit to arrest. If a man does the slightest thing to make a female law enforcement officer believe that her life is in danger, guess what her options are: Bang, bang he's dead.
When you think of it, Rodney King was lucky that the arresting officers were not women; they were guys trying to do the impossible. They were not "out of control" as has been suggested.
But King was out of control, and, therefore, the situation was out of control. Yet, more than 10 years later there are still no solutions for what to do when a large crazed man refuses to be arrested by the police.


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There's one particular market near our condo that runs three times a week. It's run by a local organic market in Honokowai, and they've converted their parking lot to hold tables and awnings. The market is from 7:30 to 10:00am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – get there early because the good stuff goes fast. The tables are full of boxes of local fruits, vegetables, breads (including gluten free), salsas, guac, spreads, dips, local honey and whatever you can think of. They also give free samples of some of their more luscious fruits to entice the punters to buy more.
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- Papayas – There are two types of papayas sold locally. Regular Hawaiian papayas have a deep orange-gold color inside and are yellow-green mottled on the skin when ripe. Sunrise (or strawberry) papayas have a similar skin, but the inside is a peachey-red color – just the color of the sun as it rises over the ocean. Both are best eaten with a wedge of lime squirted over the top. Scoop out the seeds, squeeze the lime in the cavity, and devour. Ambrosia!
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- Kula greens – these baby lettuces are grown on the cool slopes of Haleakala and are full of flavor.
- Heirloom tomatoes – the volcanic soil in Hawaii produce some of the best tomatoes in the world. Try one and you're spoiled. Wow.
- Local cheeses, dips and spreads. We usually indulge in the garlic-olive cream cheese for morning bagles, as well as the tapenade, and spicy and pineapple salsas. The tapenade this market sells is superb. Just the right amount of garlic, and a great mix of olive types – all locally grown. Add some crackers and lunch and evening appetizers are thereby taken care of for the duration of the trip.
- Local honey – there are a whole lot of very happy bees on the Islands, and the beekeepers make some of the best honey in the world from the tropical flower nectar they produce. One of my favorites is the honey made from macadamia nut flowers. Try it. Trust me, you'll take home a few jars.
- Local breads – home-baked sweetbreads and locally baked breads abound at these markets. Our favorite is a sweet pineapple bread made by a very nice lady who lives in Napili and sells her wares at the market. She also has a series of gluten-free breads that look pretty good. Haven't tried them, but they seem to sell well.
When you visit a farmers market, just don't be surprised when you go up to the checkout table if the guy tells you that you need to bag your own stuff because he's "just not feeling it today". This is Hawaii, where Hang Loose is not just a term, it's a lifestyle.
Home again, home again, jiggety jig. Time to make a really good breakfast for the boys.
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dutch, we're talking about backyard tracks. That is nice enough to be a track in the GCS(Georgia Championship series). Seriously, that is a very sick track
Don't mess with the Cyber Bully
Just a few military guys trying to past the time while deployed. Here is a few pictures of our track at Al Asad, Iraq. It may not be the best but we did what we could with what we had to work with. Hope you enjoy and comments are welcome.
Hope you like. I have plenty more but I thought I was taking up to much space.
Last edited by ksb51rl; 04-19-2010 at 10:48 PM. Reason: Pictures to small.
Looks like you guys are having fun. I love your lighting set up. It is awsome seeing what type of tracks you guys are building over there. Just hope the next track you guys build is here back home in the states.
oh and what does that sign say in the 4th pic down?
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Broken parts=New better parts
heyOriginally Posted by Hitaslice
where did you get the fox stuff on the sides of the track?
Last edited by ksb51rl; 04-19-2010 at 10:48 PM.
mini slash brushed 3s and 1/10 slash vxl 3s
no doubt, one is even a spectrum.
2WD Slash
The picture in the middle of the track is the RC Pro symbol. All of the signs I painted myself. This track was all made by hand.
This was the track brand new but after last winter the far wall went to peaces.
wall went bye bye
now the track will be a lot more fun and challanging. Still got more work to do yet and pipeing to get. I have my other track for jumps and what not. This track seems to work pretty well with the little duratrax too. But it is a lot of fun with the stock slash.
nitro sport on the banking
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Broken parts=New better parts
Man, that track is SWEET! I'm glad to see you guys havin some fun while you're protecting and serving. You guys ALL kick butt and we thank you for what you're doing. The painted signs are a nice touch. And I do believe I saw a sweet driver's stand in the form of a multi tire vehicle with rails on top in the background of one of your picksOriginally Posted by Hitaslice
When in doubt, throttle out!
Sweetest banking turns can be found at Frank's track in the San Diego area.
When in doubt, throttle out!
This was the track brand new but after last winter the far wall went to peaces.
wall went bye bye
^^^lol before and after the apocalypse...
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Looks like the Ariel Port guys have it nailed down as usual .. Looks great be safe.Originally Posted by Monster power
Former Porter 436 Super Port.
Looks like the Ariel Port guys have it nailed down as usual.. Great job stay safe we are all thinking of you.Originally Posted by Hitaslice
Former Porter 436 Super Port DAFB, De:
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Most our our pics are larger than allowed on this forum... so heres a link to the whole site:
The Bashing Grounds
Ross M.
My new backyard track, thanks to my wife for letting my do this to our yard.
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Links dont workOriginally Posted by rytra
Coodows (is that how its spelt?? ) on this thread. My 2 sons and I just started building our track today. Looked over here to get some fresh ideas, great move- one stop shop!! I have a couple of T-maxx's, buddy has a stampede and a sport. Should result in hours of fun. I guess its time for a slash- for the track. Any suggestions on my next truck?? I want it geared for the track. I'll try to post some pics(if i can remember to take some) on our progress. Can't wait. Cheers!
First off to you and all your buddies over there, THANK YOU for serving our country. I do appreciate the sacrifice you all make for us.Originally Posted by Hitaslice
Second, cool track. I would like to see more pics.
Stampede in pieces. Slash 2.4
Some pictures of the track being built! hope you like!
So far! ill post some pics tomorrow!
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2nd place is 1st loser......
so are you guys bringing dirt in or just killing the grass? I don't know if I should get topsoil, fill dirt (clay and sand like they use on the highway) or just kill the grass I have.
Slash 2WD
Slash 4x4
Alright a looks like it's been awhile since anyone posted by a few days, just curious is anyone is close to me?! These all are sweet tracks, and there's mainstream tracks an hour away, but a backyard track is just freakin awsome!
I've been trying to get people together to help me make one or find a place to make one but everyone around here flakes out it seems when it comes down to labor. So I'm trying to make one at work, very slick pavement which is going to be topped off with astro turf type carpet. My job has the industrial size rolls literally 50 by 500 feet and about 8 different colours. But like I said people flake so nothing happens. Any good suggestions or close by locations? Vacaville, Vallejo, Benicia, Fairfield?
Traxxas should just cash my checks for me
this is an inspiring thread- nice tracks guys. i have a 60'x120' section on the lower part of my property plotted out for a track but it's been too wet to do anything yet this spring. hoping i can get started in a few weeks, i have a horse buried right in the middle of it was thinking of making a jump right over him and calling it dead horse table top.
slash 4x4
Hobby Haven in Urbandale, IA.
Lots of videos have been uploaded to http://www.youtube.com/iowarctracks, here are just a few:
Here is what a weekend and 9 ton of dirt can do Ha Ha My poor wheelbarrow and back ouch!!
Well heres some updated shots...
"The Bashing Grounds"
Overall shot
Some localized shots... we redid the track yesterday before a full day of running/BBQ/bonfire...
The Bashing Grounds
Ross M.
our track is up and running now with driver stand and everything more pics to come
2 SC10's
HPI baja 5b
This is Troy's track, he spent about a month working on it, this was one of the first group runs. There were a lot of guys trying to get used to the new track
When in doubt, throttle out!
Here is our track out here in FOB Kalsu Iraq! Almost finished, just gotta do the straight. Kind of narrow but it's still fun! Good ol' 2wd slash vs 4wd slash!
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All we need now heliboy is a couple of boats to run on or in it!
Oh man don't remind me about it. Dang rain!!Originally Posted by sickofsand
They need to turn the Tunner into a huge step upOriginally Posted by kustommaxx
Former Porter 60 APS, TAFB
Originally Posted by snowninja
here's an update on my track.. still need alot of drain pipe and maybe going to change it up a bit.. hard to see all the jumps and the photostich software screwed with my pipe!
slash 4x4
this thread is great!- I'm working on a back yard track with a stream and steep bank on one side and green acres/brush on the other- I started with all closely mowed grass- but too bumpy - so I bought a solid roto tiller and have worked 1/3 of the area into a dirt oval w/3 jumps. I plan to run my 1:10's but also want to get my grandsons into the sport so I'm thinking of buying a used pair of 1:18's - any track building thoughts? The space is about 100' X 40'= I'd like to stay all natural- dirt and grass etc.- I'll take some pics when the sun comes out again-
George D
Funny how I cant keep an updated picture up... here is one update back on our track... which is actually getting ready to go through another huge update adding a drivers stand and a couple new sections... the track length is going to get lengthened by almost 1/2 its current length....
The Bashing Grounds
Ross M.
Here's mine. Still have to make the driver's stand. And the middle double will be changed to a smaller double with a couple more jumps around the turn. It's a blast that me and my wife drive daily. I can use my revo electric conversion on 4s lipo around the whole track non stop without one crash in 23 minutes on a 5000mah packs. i timed it and that was my fastest with jumping and clearing every jump. My wife can do it in about 35 minutes and crashes about 5 times. Not bad for a women tho.
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Stats are a big portion of debate here, and after some thought I felt like creating this thread to cover the spread. There are tons of numbers used on here, and it is great to have good resources to back up a perspective or argument. I use them all the time here and elsewhere and I thought it would be great to compile them all based on category. If I missed any, feel free to add it by following the template I am using below.
Standard Player Stats
1) NHL.com: The standard that everyone knows. Features all the usual stats, and the advanced stats.
2) The Hockey News: Good for individual player reports through the use of the forecaster tool.
3) Hockey-Reference: A great resource that has a ton of information, and allows you to run queries. If you want to know how many goalies have ever won 40 games, recorded a GAA under 2.00 and above a .930 save percentage in the same season, this is the site for you.
4) HockeyDB: Another database with quality information, but not great for a query bases search. It contains a number of interesting lists, attendance information and other related info.
5) QuantHockey: Another solid database of knowledge that contains interesting stats sorted by nationality, player status and other parameters.
Prospect Stats
1) Elite Prospects: Expansive listing of information on prospects and players at almost every level of hockey.
2) Future Considerations: Great resource for draft prospects, and it includes reports on most players from scouts, rankings, draft profiles and updates lists.
3) My NHL Draft: Known for mock drafts, but it includes prospect profiles, scouting reports and tons of information on current and past drafts.
4) Hockeys Future: Decent site with good overall listing of team prospects. Evaluations arent always the most spot on.
Advanced Stats
1) War-on-Ice: The best attempt at recreating Extra Skater. It contains usage charts, charts on shots and where they are located, info on where goalies are most vulnerable, where forwards suppress/allow shots from etc. If you have free time and feel like diving through data, this is a place you can have some fun. They also just added a new tool which allows you to find player comparables based on a number of fields. Cap Geek used to have this for contracts, and that may be coming as the boys at WOI are also building a worthy tribute to Cap Geek with a number of programmers. But here is the new tool I just mentioned. http://war-on-ice.com/similarity-scores.html
2) Puckalytics: A newer version and a better GUI than stats.hockeyanalysis.com. This site has a tool called SUPERWOWY. It stands for with/without so basically how Player X is with Player Y. You can load up to 6 players a side, and you can also add opponents. So if you wanted to see how line 1 has matched up against line 2 in matchups since the start of the 2007-08 season you can. This is another fun tool that can help you learn some of the stats, or just see how well certain players have played.I have found by playing around with these tools I have gotten a better understanding. It helps to look at some of the better players in the league and see their charts first and then dial it back so you have a point of comparison. Obviously it is easy to get inundated with numbers, so the multiple view options certainly help.
3) Sporting Charts: Visualization tool that creates heat maps of shots. Can set parameters and filter as needed.
4) Puck on Net: Team Advanced Stats which can be sorted by range of dates.
5) Behind The Net: The classic site that most people know.
6) HERO Charts: Player usage charts that account for situation and time on ice bias.
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Primers for Advanced Stats
Financial Stats
1) Spotrac: Player contracts, clauses and yearly salaries broken down by team.
2) NHL Numbers: It is The Nation Networks listing of information. They are trying to make some changes, but an alternative and useful resource.
3) Cap Central: Hockey Buzzs offering, but allows for filtering on primary page from high to low.
4) General Fanager: Promising site that just launched, and could be the best offering since the loss of Cap Geek. It is promising, and one to tab and follow as it continues to develop.
1) Scouting The Refs: Stats on referees, linesmen and detailing of penalties called, records of games they call etc.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A gasoline station in central South Carolina sold the winning ticket in the $400 million Powerball jackpot drawing, lottery officials said on Thursday, as they waited for the winner to claim the prize.
The winning numbers drawn late on Wednesday, 7, 10, 22, 32, 35 and Powerball 19, netted the so-far unidentified ticket-holder the fourth-largest prize in the lottery's history and the fifth-largest of any U.S. lottery, the Multi-State Lottery Association said.
The lottery player purchased the terminal-generated winning ticket at a Murphy USA gasoline station in Lexington, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
Store manager Keith Wedmore said it was the first-ever winning Powerball ticket sold by the station, which is near the intersection of two highways and is frequented by travelers.
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The jackpot had soared since Saturday, when no one won the $317 million top prize.
The grand prize winner has 180 days to claim the windfall in the state capital of Columbia, said Paula Harper Bethea, executive director of the South Carolina Education Lottery.
At a press conference outside the gas station, she cautioned the ticket-holder to sign the back of it, secure it and talk to a trusted adviser.
"This is a life-changing event. There are a lot of zeros in this money," she said.
Powerball prizes have been getting larger, in part because the ticket price rose to $2 from $1 in January, and because California, the most populous U.S. state, joined in April.
Powerball is played in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Chances of winning the big prize are 1 in 175 million, the lottery said.
The largest Powerball jackpot was $590.5 million, won by a Florida woman in May. Ticket holders in New Jersey and Minnesota shared a $448 million jackpot in August.
The amounts paid to the winners were substantially smaller because they chose cash over an annuity.
The winner of Wednesday's drawing can take $233 million in cash or the full prize paid over 29 years, lottery officials said.
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Authorities said a JetBlue plane made a hard landing around 1 p.m. It was hard enough for the plane to have two blown tires.
A fire also broke out on the plane when it arrived at the Sacramento International Airport but was quickly extinguished, the Sacramento Fire Department told KCRA-TV. You can see their live feed of the situation here.
JetBlue said it appears the jet experienced trouble with the brakes as it was landing.
Fifteen minor injuries were reported. Four people were taken to a hospital by ambulance, according to reports but none of the injuries are considered serious.
There were 86 passengers on board and five crewmembers. Flight 262 was en route from Long Beach.
Exit chutes were deployed on the plane. The airline said the crew elected to evacuate the jet as a safety precaution.
The FAA released the following statement about the incident:
Jet Blue Flight 262, an Airbus A320, blew one or more tires while landing on Runway 16R at Sacramento International Airport at 12:50 p.m. The tire(s) began smoking or caught fire, and the crew deployed emergency slides. There were 91 people on board the plane. Passengers evacuated the plane using the slides. We have no immediate reports of evacuation related injuries. The plane is still on the runway but there haven't been any delays. The airport is operating efficiently for now on one runway.
Family and friends who were at the airport to meet the passengers were quickly taken to an adjacent building to meet the passengers.
Passengers told reporters there were no "hiccups" getting off the plane. One woman from Huntington Beach said she didn't realize there would be a slide - she thought she would have to jump from the plane. Some of the passengers were exchanging Facebook information so that they could friend each other.
The tarmac had to be searched for rubber debris from the tire blow outs following the landing. Workers walked in lines carrying trash bags as they looked for any tiny piece from the tires that might interfere with future landings.


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Jackson and her boyfriend of seven years, record producer Jermaine Dupri, have split up, reports Us Weekly.
"His friends are telling people it's over," a source tells the magazine. "They've been moving in different directions for a while," tells another source.
Perhaps most evident of their impending split was Dupri's absence at the Jackson family memorial. A close friend explained to the magazine that Dupri "doesn't attend funerals."
Friends have been speculating what caused the rift, with some suggesting the pair may have collaborated too often. Dupri produced several tracks on Jackson's last two albums, "Discipline" and "20 Y.O."
Others close to the couple suggest Jackson, 43, and Dupri, 36, were never really compatible.
"Jermaine likes to be out there, mingling with everybody and Janet's more shy," said an unnamed source.
"She's devastated," an insider said about Jackson, still mourning the loss of her brother.
"She's busy caring for Michael's kids. Janet's the family backbone.'


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Democratic Assembly Speaker John Perez says he's satisfied with what the legislature accomplished this year. He cites a beefed up budget reserve and the creation of economic development tools as big wins. But he also pointed to the increase in minimum wage.
"The ability to fundamentally, positively impact the lives of people who are working poor, surviving on minimum wage, (that's) huge," he said.
And as Perez enters his last year in office before being "termed out", he has his sights set on finally passing water quality legislation.
"There are so many people in this state that deal with substandard water, significantly in rural parts of the state, but also in urban parts of that state," he said. "Two years in a row we've attempted to do it, it's failed in the Senate. We hope that that's going to be a priority next year."
He said the state also needs to invest in water infrastructure.
Perez will probably not hold the title of Speaker for too much longer. The Assembly is likely to elect a new speaker next session.


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Willamette National Forest TMP Appeal Resolution
Deschutes County 4-Wheelers Trails Task Group of Region 6 of the Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association as of the 17th of December entered into a resolution to our appeal of the TMP. The Willamette is doing much as the Fremont-Winema has done. Part of this resolution is to have two maps on the table (their map and our map) by the 8th of January. On their map we will add in four-wheel routes from our maps. They will ok them or not per each one we draw up creating a map which includes our routes. Their map will have the level 1 and level 2 roads they believe are used by 4 wheel vehicles already.
Meg Mitchell the Forest Supervisor seems real and very receptive to us. This is her idea to draw the two maps as the final map, to present, as the final has not been created yet.
What we need is the maps of past four wheel runs within the Willamette National Forest. We also need about 4-6 more people to represent the clubs in this area. The area is from Roseburg to Mt Hood Forest which includes most of the key cities on the west side. This is a large skinny area, on the west side of the Cascades and I know lots of people have wheeled this area. We need these maps by the 7th of January and we need those people in the room on January the 8th. At the days end we hope there will be sufficient routes drawn and the forest service will validate in writing that they will be for Class II users. If this is done to the satisfaction of the four-wheelers in the room our appeal will be withdrawn. When the official map comes out you will see them for the first time as OHV routes or four-wheel drive routes only, for all generations to enjoy year after year.
The 4-6 people will continue to work with the Willamette National Forest personnel in getting these routes off the maps and onto the ground in the coming year. Play areas, user created trails and hand built trails will most likely need an EA which will happen in the future years. This depends on location and if it is already drawn on a Level I or II roadway it will happen as drawn by you. You will become heroes in your area. DC4W Trails Task Group will not continue to work this area only you will be involved directly with the four ranger districts. It is my hope to have at least one individual per ranger district representing the 4-wheel community.
These Ranger districts include Middle Fork, Sweet Home, McKenzie River and Detroit. These four make up the Willamette District. The Deschutes County Four-Wheelers will continue to work with Willamette at Santiam but this is but 6700 acres out of 1,675,407 acres. Which trails do we submit on the 8th depends on you!
We have a legal standing here and to resolve this we need four-wheel routes of at least a thousand miles from Roseburg to Mt Hood. Can you help? At the end of the day on January 8th your routes will be legally drawn on the map. Other areas or new trails will be considered in round two.
Willamette National Forest presented a favorable impression on us. They did comment several times of the lack of input by persons who would utilize trails in 4-wheeled vehicles. We countered with our comments of we were told by 4-wheelers they had commented. Please assist us in this misunderstanding by the forest service. We know many of you who wheel the Willamette National Forest please step up and help us to high light the areas and trails so four-wheel routes will not be lost forever.
PNW Clubs or Individual members please call me Randell Drake 541.419.9952 especially if you belong to:
Region 3: 4 At A Time, Flat Broke and 4-Wheeling, Free Wheelers 4X4 Club, Gorge Ridge Runners, Mud Muckers of Tillamook, Mud-A-Rama, Salem Jeep Club or Region 6: Cascade Offroaders, Oregon Trail Four Wheel Drive Association Inc., Santiam Four Wheel Drive Association, Strawberry Hill Four Wheelers, Umpqua Valley Timber Cruisers or Timber Linn 4-Wheel Drive Club.
There used to be an old logging road that ran from Toad Cr. road over to Lava Lake Sno-Park, and just north of Hwy 20. I ran it over 20 years ago with the old blue chev. Probably pretty well overgrown by now, but IIRC it was a neat little route, but not all that difficult. It came in near the horse area on the sw corner of the sno-park.
1981 Cherokee W/T, 360, T-18, Warn 8274 in custom bumper/deer strainer (tested and approved)
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Only 31's, but can drag self with either rig
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Wolfpack 4x4's - Region 5 - "Cave Lupum"
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FYI, Timber Linn is no longer in PNW4WDA and has not for the past two years.
Beth Ayer
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The ox is slow but the earth is patient
Beth this we know, but we assumed they still ran the forest with their 4X4's and would be interested in saving trails. Tony and Steve if you are out there your help and knowledge would be appriciated.
Working on this!
Alan Paulson
Umpqua Valley Timber Cruisers 4 Wheel Drive Club
Oliver Fleshman is our delegate for this project.
We have our trails drawn in for the Middle Fork as that is the only one we have been using.
Oliver can be reached at
To gain more roads, you may want to post this on some of the local hunting sites
We use a lot of the roads in that area during hunting season even more than with Search & Rescue
Club President
It would be nice to post this in and on ever media site in the world; However this is a legal appeal and only the PNW was mentioned in the appeal. So far only clubs that have responed is Cascade, Oregon Trail and Umpqua; way to few. Lots of phone calls but need trails drawn on maps. Oliver seems to be working hard to make this happen. Have several play areas offered by another man which we will include but may not get drawn in even though Class II user are using the area extensively. I am making more calls tonight but not understanding Class II user group not jumbing on a sure thing. Have so many that will get back but the days are getting few. This is something that can't be thrown together at the last minute it must be prsented in a very porfessional format. If you can help please call 541-419-9952 Randy
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The Madison City Assessor has three major duties:
To insure that all property is treated uniformly, the Assessor's procedures must conform to State laws dealing with property taxation. Furthermore, commonly accepted appraisal and accounting practices must be used.
The Assessor must maintain accurate maps identifying each parcel of land in the city. So there are no omissions, great care is taken to insure that these maps are kept up to date.
The Assessor maintains close coordination with other city offices to keep informed of building activity.
Finally, constant attention must be given to businesses which sell, move, or come into the city to insure that all property receives an equitable assessment.
So that your property is not confused with another property, the Assessor must establish a record showing you as the owner. The office records your mailing address, describes the property in detail, prepares a legal description and identifies your property on an assessor's map by parcel number.
When values are finally estimated and listed on the annual assessment roll, they must be classified as either residential, mercantile, manufacturing or agricultural. This information is listed on the assessment roll and is open to public inspection.
Estimating the market value of your property is simply a matter of determining the price most people would pay for it in its present condition.
However, the Assessor has the monumental job of valuing all of the houses, all of the shopping centers, the office buildings, and the many apartment units in Madison. This includes estimating the value of all of the office equipment and fixtures.
But it doesn't stop there. Each year the Assessor has to do the whole thing over again, because the market value of almost everything changes from one year to the next -- as we all know.
This is done so that the costs of schools, fire and police protection, health and recreational facilities, and other public services can be prorated over all taxable property in the city. Your share of the cost of these services is based upon the value of your property relative to the total value of all property in the city. The value of your property, as determined by the Assessor, is called the "assessed value." In Madison, this assessed value is exactly the same (100%) as the fair market value
To find the value of any piece of property the Assessor must first know what properties similar to it are selling for, what it would cost today to replace it, how much it takes to operate and keep it in repair, what rent it may earn, and many other dollar factors affecting its value, such as the current rate of interest charged for borrowing the money to buy or build properties like yours.
Using these facts the Assessor can then go about estimating the property's value in three different ways.
The first way is to find properties like yours which have been sold recently. Their selling prices, however, must be analyzed very carefully to get at the true picture. One property may have sold for more than it was really worth because the buyer was in a hurry to occupy the property and would pay any price to get in.
Another may have sold for less money than it was actually worth because the owner needed cash right away and was willing to sell to the first buyer who made an offer.
Using this approach (comparing the selling prices of properties similar to yours) the Assessor must always consider such over- or under-pricing to arrive at a fair evaluation of your property's value. Various statistical procedures are employed in this process
The second way the Assessor can go about this is based on how much money it would take, at current material and labor costs, to replace your property with one just like it. If your property is not new, the Assessor must also determine how much depreciation it has suffered.
The third method is used in addition to the other two if you happen to own property that provides you with a rental income, like an apartment house, a store, or an office building. Here the Assessor must consider such dollar factors as your operating expenses, taxes, insurance, maintenance costs, the degree of financial risk you have taken in earning income from your property, and finally, the return most people would expect to realize on this kind of property.
Of course, if your property is the home you live in, the third approach cannot be used since you derive no income from it. But in any case, you can be sure the Assessor carefully considers all the available, reliable money factors pertaining to your property.
When market value changes, naturally so does assessed value. For instance, if you were to increase the total market value of your property by building a garage, or adding a family room, the assessed value would increase.
Similarly, should your property's value be decreased by a fire, the assessed value would decrease to show the downward effect of this damage on the market value of your property.
For any number of reasons a neighborhood, or a particular house style, may become very popular, thus causing market values to rise at higher than average rates. The Assessor must constantly stay alert to spot these trends.
Inflation and the economy of the entire community also affects your assessed value. We all know that as building material, labor and the cost of money increases, the value of the existing housing stock also increases.
The Assessor has not created this value -- people have made value by their transactions in the market place. It is the Assessor's responsibility each year to adjust existing assessments to keep pace with the market.
The Assessor's primary responsibility is to find the fair market value of your property, so that you and other taxpayers may contribute a fair share of support for the community services you receive.
For these services to continue, other agencies, as well as the city, must levy taxes. The other taxing agencies include the Madison Public Schools, Dane County, and the Madison Area Technical College. Here again, state laws define the powers of these taxing agencies and the kinds of properties that are exempt from taxes, such as schools, scout camps, and churches. Taxes levied by these other agencies are included in your tax bill with the taxes levied by the City of Madison.
Each year the governing bodies of the various taxing agencies propose budgets for the next year. To finance the expenditures in the budget, they total all expected sources of revenue such as state aids and shared taxes, license fees and tuition. This is subtracted from the estimated expenditures. The remainder, which is the total amount to be collected through property taxes, is the called the "tax levy." The amount of the tax levy for the City of Madison depends on the size of the City budget, which is determined by the Common Council. The levy is raised by multiplying the value of all the property in the City by a percentage, called the tax rate. The rate is the same for all property owners. When this tax rate is applied to the value of all the taxable property in the city, it will total to the exact amount of money needed for the levy to help finance City expenses.
The tax rate is calculated by simply dividing the amount of taxes needed by the total assessed value of all taxable property in the City.
Tax Rate = Levy ÷ Total Assessed Value
Once the rate is set, the assessed value of your property is used to determine your portion of the levy. The tax rate when multiplied by the assessed value of your property, equals what you owe in taxes -- your tax bill. The tax rate is often expressed in terms of dollars per thousand, or as a "mill rate."
The entire taxation process requires the cooperation of several parts of City government. The Assessor sets the value of your property. The Mayor and Common Council determine the cost of City services, thereby establishing the tax rate necessary to generate funds for these services.
If your opinion of the value of your property differs from the Assessor's appraisal, by all means come in and discuss the matter with us.
The personnel in the Assessor's Office will be glad to discuss any questions you may have about our appraisal. If you have evidence that the appraisal is more than the actual fair market value of your property, we will welcome the opportunity to review all pertinent facts.
After talking with us, if you still find a significant difference between our appraisal and what you feel is your property's market value, you may file a formal objection to your assessment. This objection must be filed with the Board of Review in writing.
Your objection will be reviewed first by the Board of Assessors.
The Board of Assessors consists of the City Assessor and six deputies appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by Common Council. This Board has the responsibility of reviewing all objections to assessments and for making necessary corrections and changes to arrive at the true value of property within the city.
A member of the Assessor's staff will inspect your property, review your written statements and report his or her findings to the Board of Assessors. The Board will inform you by mail whether or not it concurs with your opinion.
You should sign and return the form within 10 days, indicating whether or not you accept the Board's determination, or if you desire to proceed with a formal hearing before the Board of Review.
The Board of Review consists of five citizen members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council. Similar to a court, the Board is charged with the responsibility of correcting errors of under- or over-assessments.
The Board can act only upon evidence given in the form of sworn oral testimony. You should furnish significant evidence supporting your estimate of market value. An appraiser from our office will also present evidence relating to the market analysis performed on your property. Then the Board will decide to either raise, lower, or leave unchanged the value of your property.
Keep in mind that the Board can act only on evidence related to market value. Stating that taxes are too high is not relevant testimony.
The best evidence of value would be a recent sale price of your property plus an account of any change that the property has undergone between the date of sale and the assessment date. The sales price would have to be adjusted to reflect the change in property value between the date of the sale and the date of assessment. The next best evidence of market value would be sales prices of other properties in the neighborhood that are comparable to your property. Lacking either of the above, oral testimony by a qualified witness who has made a market value appraisal of the property is also good evidence. The Board will determine the market value of your property as indicated by the evidence submitted by you and by the Assessor.
You will be sent a written notice of the Board's determination after the hearing. You have the further right to appeal the Board of Review decision to the Circuit Court of Dane County. Under the law an appeal can also be taken from the Circuit Court decision to the State of Wisconsin Court of Appeals. You may also appeal the Board's determination to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue
We hope this has given you a better idea of the work we do in the Assessor's Office and how it relates to the overall property tax structure. We believe the public has the right to know what we do and how we do it. So if you would like further clarification on any point or if you have any other question, please come in and talk to our staff.