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Bill Would Broaden Church Property Tax Exemption
The Legislature’s Taxation Committee took testimony Monday on a bill that would ensure cities and towns cannot charge property taxes on a church’s parsonage. Current law allows towns to charge property taxes on the portion of a church property that is used as the residence for clergy, although the first $20,000 of that property’s value is exempt. Sen. Anne Haskell, D-Portland, the bill’s sponsor and committee’s Senate chairwoman, said not all towns tax parsonages. Haskell also noted the $20,000 exemption became law years ago and that most parsonage properties were worth much more than that now. Source: BDN Maine Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/04/02/politics/bill-would-broaden-church-property-tax-exemption/?ref=latest
N.Y. Rep. Carolyn Maloney says she has received death threats…over her support for gun control
N.Y. Rep. Carolyn Maloney says she has received death threats at her Manhattan office over her support for gun control legislation The Democratic congresswoman introduced a bill last week which would require weapons owners to hold liability insurance, similar to what car owners are required to purchase. The callers, Maloney said, forced her to miss an awards dinner. Despite the death threats, Rep. Carolyn Maloney said she is moving forward with her bill calling for gun owners to have liability insurance. Rep. Carolyn Maloney said she received death threats Tuesday at her upper East Side office warning her not to move forward with gun control legislation. “They said they were going to kill me,” said Maloney. The Democratic congresswoman was so disturbed by the three menacing phone calls — which came about an hour apart — that she skipped a dinner Tuesday night of the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, where she was supposed to present an award. “I couldn’t go. Who knows what could happen?” Maloney told the Daily News. “I think any member of Congress would be scared after what happened to my good friend Gabby Giffords.”… Source: Daily News Read more
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