The Geeky Brit

Thousands get a tax break on property:

Ok, so the Merced housing market has been spiraling downward, seemingly since my lovely wife and I bought a house in April 2005. But, now people are seemingly happy that some of us have received a letter in the mail from the County Assessors office, telling us that the valuation of our house has gone down and so we get a discount on our next tax bill.

Personally, I would prefer the house to be valued the same as I purchased it for (50k more), rather than saving 500 dollars on my taxes.

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So at last a new interchange is finished that allows me to take 33 seconds of my commute. Note, I am not complaining, its just that the road that the interchange is meant to serve is not built yet, so it all seems a little pointless as of right now.

However, there is plenty of commercial space in the area, and hopefully there will be a few businesses moving in to serve the south east Merced community which is sorely lacking great commercial facilities.

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Has anyone else in the blogosphere noticed how the new French President elect Nicolas Sarkozy  looks like the  television character Monk?

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Queen begins US trip in Virginia:
The Queen arrives in Virginia for what is her first visit to the US for 16 years.
Welcome back Your Majesty.  Please take a good look around, see how many of us brits are here, and take this advice back to your government:

“Free Enterprise works a lot better than socialism”

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