NoMoMo re: ["The inspector demanded a full inspection
of the house then and there." ]
....I forgot!
That's also coming.
Mandatory full house and complete "INTERIOR" inspections
of your home for new and future property tax assessments,
and in conjunction with a new "International Building Code"
that is being mandated for States & Local Governments.
I can't believe I forgot that part...
Here's a nightmare story ...
ij.org
Residents of the Granite State are finding themselves caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to exercising their constitutional rights to exclude unwelcome government employees.
A New Hampshire statute allows local officials to obtain a warrant to enter and search a person's home if he refuses to allow a government-hired inspector to conduct an interior inspection for the purpose of property assessment. If the officials would rather not take the time to get a warrant, they don't have to.
That is because the statute allows the government to punish the homeowner for refusing to allow a warrantless and unconstitutional search of his home by terminating his right to appeal his property-tax assessment.[1]
In short, the statute puts homeowners in an intolerable position: no matter what they do, government employees can either force their way into their homes or punish them if they refuse to "consent" to a search by an inspector. Even the mere act of asking the inspector to get a warrant can get them in trouble.
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents government officials from forcing themselves into citizens' homes. That protection is important because, as the U.S. Supreme Court has stated, "the sanctity of the home . . . has been embedded in our traditions since the founding of the Republic."[2]
But New Hampshire's property-assessment inspection law has cast aside the Fourth Amendment rights of its citizens. For that reason, the Institute for Justice joined with four New Hampshire residents on August 25, 2004, to challenge it in federal district court. The goal of the lawsuit is to restore the protections provided by the Fourth Amendment to all New Hampshire homeowners.
An Unconstitutional Statute in Action: Casting Aside the Fourth Amendment
Phil Smith and Tony Stanizzi are homeowners in Hollis, N.H. They and their families love their community and, like most Americans, they take it for granted that the government cannot force its way into the homes of law-abiding citizens.
For that reason, they were shocked when Town officials began a process of mandatory interior inspections for every home in Hollis...
Inspectors from a private appraisal company hired by the Town began canvassing their neighborhood and trying to search the inside of their homes, as well as the homes of their neighbors. Like many other towns in the state, Hollis was revaluing all the homes of its residents, and had commissioned a private appraisal company to conduct interior inspections. Phil and Tony were perfectly willing to cooperate with the company's inspectors by answering any questions they had about their homes and discussing public records about their homes.
Both of them allowed the inspectors to walk around the outside of their homes and take measurements. However, they did not want strangers searching inside their homes and invading their privacy. Even though one of the inspectors who came to Tony's home pointed out that the Town could always get a warrant if Tony refused to let him in, Tony's family, like Phil's, stood their ground. After all, the Fourth Amendment prevents government employees from forcing their way into the homes of law-abiding citizens.
Unfortunately, their refusal to consent to a search had serious consequences.
Normally, a homeowner in New Hampshire who believes his tax assessment is incorrect can apply for an abatement (a reduction in his home's assessed value) to his town's board of selectmen or its assessors.[3] If that application isn't granted, he can then apply for relief to the New Hampshire Board of Tax and Land Appeals (BTLA) or his local Superior Court.[4] But because Phil and Tony refused to allow a search, Hollis summarily denied their applications for abatement—even though they pointed out errors in the valuation of their land, not their home. And the BTLA, relying on the statute discussed above, said that it would not consider their appeal for the same reason.
Tony and Alicia Lekas live in Hudson. Next year, an inspector from an appraisal company hired by their Town will attempt to search the inside of their home. Like Phil and Tony Stanizzi, they are willing to cooperate with the local assessor's office by answering any questions it may have, discussing public records about their house, and allowing an inspector to make an exterior inspection. But they don't want a stranger walking through their home.
As Phil says, "Government employees in the Live Free or Die state shouldn't be allowed to intrude into my family's home or penalize me for merely exercising my Fourth Amendment rights."
Continued at link above...
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I think "conspiracy theory" and reality are about to have
a very large head on collision. 200+ years of freedom, and
liberty are being erased at an incredibly rapid rate right
before peoples eyes... and yet -- they sleep walk in denial.
SOTB
PS: "The Obama Deception" has now topped the charts on AOL,
on Google, and on You Tube.
Politico.com even followed up with a heretofor "untouchable"
story on the Bilderberger Group.
politico.com
The watershed event in this country will be when America finally
wakes up to the the myth of the "right vs. left" paradigm,
and finally discovers that a "Shadow Government" has run this
country since J.F.K's assassination, and that our President
has, and exercises no "real" power, he only delivers the sales pitch.
This isn't about Obama, and it's just as critical on Bush,
as it is Obama... it's about who really controls this country:
Send this link to everyone you know and plaster it all across
every blog, and forum on the internet...
video.google.com |
