According to the article they did pay it for a couple of years and are now asking for a refund, which means they initially agreed to the payment but now want it back. Things are really getting desperate for them, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
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Watchtower disputes $200K tax bill from Newburgh
by Rattigan350 inhttp://www.recordonline.com/news/20180904/watchtower-disputes-200k-tax-bill-from-newburgh.
town of newburgh — the watchtower bible and tract society of new york is challenging nearly $200,000 in fire and other special district taxes assessed for three town of newburgh properties, including two hotels the organization bought to house volunteers helping build its world headquarters in warwick.. in a petition filed in orange county court last month, the umbrella organization for jehovah’s witnesses claimed that the town “either unintentionally as a mistake or intentionally and without lawful authority” miscoded the former hilton on crossroads court and the former hampton inn on route 300 for 2016, 2017 and this year.. with a combined market value of nearly $23 million, the hotel properties were not assessed town, county and school taxes for those years.
but the town assessed $196,000 charges for the orange lake fire district and lighting and water districts during those years.. newburgh also assessed $1,600 in special district taxes over three years for a vacant commercial property watchtower owns at route 17k and route 300.. “petitioner would not be required to pay the resulting unjust charges if its exemption from taxes had been justly, correctly, and lawfully granted and administered,” watchtower’s attorneys wrote in the organization’s petition in county court.. watchtower bought the two hotel properties in 2014 as it built its 1.6 million-square-foot headquarters on kings drive in warwick.
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The Children Act - Emma Thompson - advertised on ITV One - prime time.
by freddo inas you probably know "the children act" is a film starring emma thompson as a high court judge deciding whether or not to transfuse a teen jw.
it is due to be on general release in the uk on august 24th 2018. september 14th usa.. its shortened trailer is being advertised in the uk on the biggest independent tv channel - namely itv - at prime time.
just seen it in advertisment breaks between 6pm and 7pm uk time.. thought you might like to know..
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Last Man Standing - With very little effort, if they would humbly accept the helps offered them, these judges and politicians and law enforcers could make and enforce the correct decisions in the cases of JWs of any age with respect to refusing blood products that will save life.
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Agression @ latest Broadcasting
by Gorbatchov inwhat i don’t get, is the agression seen in the latest, september broadcasting.. if something is not usefull here at g.’s home, we look if it can be used for an other purpose or store it or put it away in a trash bin.
that’s what we learn our children.. it seems that for jw.org officials it is practice to get very angry and smash items on the floor.
somehow the real face of brotherhood is showed here.
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He must be good buddies with his mate Anthony Morris III, otherwise know as Tight Pants Tony.
Of all the Governing Body members Tight Pants got mentioned on two separate occasions in this latest Broadcast. One was to suggest viewers watch something he had previously broadcast and the second time was to introduce his morning worship about being disciplined to not watch "Days of Our Lives" and other Soap Operas.
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The Unveiling
by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho inladies and gentlemen, i proudly present you with mr and mrs @stucknomore2.0:.
https://youtu.be/o9bqz9jj_qg.
sacha and sherrie, you've done an amazing job in spreading the word about this forum, and it is my sincerest hope that the plug you made brings some newcomers in.
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I watched the whole interview as well. At the start I saw how long it was going to be and wondered if I would watch it all but once I got into it the time flew. It was very interesting and confirms the opinions I already have of you Sacha. You are a very considerate and thoughtful person. Your wife is also a lovely person as well, very conscientious, loving and supportive person.
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It was an appalling demonstration. If you've been molded into a useless vessel then the only option is to smash you into smithereens, don't even think that it is possible to be reshaped into a fully functional and useful vessel, even though you're still like a delicate glass, vulnerable in the hands of it's owner.
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Developments in the India Branch
by MaxPayne inthe following letter was read in the congregation today.
it's for all the congregations in india.
i have pasted it as it was.
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Drearyweather - he magazines come from Canada, lietrature from the US & Germany and Bibles from Japan.
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Developments in the India Branch
by MaxPayne inthe following letter was read in the congregation today.
it's for all the congregations in india.
i have pasted it as it was.
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Slimboyfat - If this letter is genuine, I think they are flat out lying. I don’t believe they intend to build many KHs, print more literature, and I especially don’t believe they intend to financially support greater numbers of special pioneers.
Since they are reducing the size of Bethel, it sounds like they are sending the Bethelites out and offering to reassign them as temp. Special Pioneers. It's interesting that this is only a temporary arrangement.
It makes no sense, why are they not printing in India anymore but are increasing the amount of printed material to distribute? I think Anders Anderson has it right when he says that HQ's wants the money for the sale of the Indian Bethel and will funnel it out by selling them more publications.
They don't need to buy new property before they sell, if they need more time t move before the sale of the property is settled then they can rent. It sounds like there won't be many Bethelites anyway, probably just enough to distribute and store publications.
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2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP
by Not_Culty insept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.
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That glass may not have been suitable to drink from but the idiot used it to demonstrate his point and then says it was useless.
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2018/19 new light
by Ray Frankz inhi guys, long time without paying a visit to this site.
today i returned to check a 'gossip' that is running around in brazilian exjw forums.. they are stating that is almost certain they will make a big change in their doctrine maybe this year yet in the annual meeting.
they say people in warwick were commenting on this.
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There was speculation on this a few years ago. It went as far as saying that only men can be anointed. I think the rumours were coming from Bethel.
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Financially Are You Doing Better Than a Year Ago?
by minimus inthis isn’t a usa question.
is your financial situation better or worse or pretty much the same?.
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Since we can save more than we earn, we are better off financially.