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GEORGE R. KLINE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
MIAMI, FLA. A E':U_it,Vti . ,l9lr3o
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Zr. Carl C. 21eher,
Indianapolis. , Led.
Dear
Since writing you yesterday I have sen :.:r. levy, and
17ent over the matter of taxes with .him, and the more I thin,: of .
1.'t t:-.0 greater se is the injustice cone by the Tax .assessor of -
Beach and the Council as ah eLluali'ati on Board. As I advised
you yesterday thie --nrcting was held Teithout my -_nc led e rr';en I
should have had notice . The meeting was sot for cone tin earlier pt.
and I went there and foilnd out it had been post oned. I t•^.i ed
with the Council both singlyand ;a
as a body and ,e1:pi'C .pec to tiler'!
that I did not feel that it was wise to tale thc drastic action ;4:1•'`h
as s% Me, ted by the ::ayor. • •
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:rend to se . _ r. tl„rnes t!1iP-mc.rnin .`.'ne. told
t' at I thought it a very unfair i1ove, es y)ec:ally in view of the
:'act that :r. Luu. lus said, "iie would horn you in taxes". :.;,T inten-
tion es I told hi.-n was to resign frorI. a body that rr'euld allow itself
to be used to ca.__ out a private r'rndae. T-Ie assured ne that such
';-ras not the case and that he felt substantial justice had been
clone, but that he for one Was not willine for an injustice to be
clone. I expect to see eachand every -,.ember of the Council and e -
prePs myself to them, and if it is pos ible I ori R7_ have the matter '
opened up, if it is not I expect to hand in my resignation and
state the reasons. --
I feel this way about the matter es a private citizen
d not in capacity as attorney and have felt that way long before
GEORGE R. KLINE
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
MIAMI, FLA. ,
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you ever emrloyed me to re =esei-t you i ' 1- .,atter. In fast
in all my former expert ence in ,/1an`,.li-'V --�iilW4�pfM� meat tels
l Z a s Telt that it was better to tax in than to tax out,and
especially is this true when a Company li'he yours has done so
for"
or a city in the may of opening and paving :•trcets and
other large development. I told the Council that I thought and
I do yet that some allowance should be made for these things and
that a Company with lar-e holdings under develop:-lent should .ot
be taxed as an individual lot c'::ner• There is a great di" •o enc.
lrustin- that the matter will adjust itself a .d ` e
injustice remedied, I am,
Very , ou11
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