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April 27, 1992
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
City of San Bernardino
P.O. Box 1318
San Bernardino, CA 92402
Attn:
Licensing Division
Re:
Kassel and Kassel Law Firm
Account No. 020958
Dear Sirs:
I am enclosing herewith our check for the sum of $938.75
covering our City license.
I have protested many times in the past for the improper and
unfair area tax which is included in this amount. The area tax is
$187.75.
I would ask that you kindly undertake to place my request to
be relieved of the area tax on whatever appropriate City agenda
there might be. If this requires an appearance before the City
Counsel I will be happy to do so.
The area tax that we are referring to, started out
approximately 35 years ago relating to an organization called the
"Downtown Associates". This was a group of businessmen who are now
all either deceased or out of business. The purpose of passing the
area tax was to allow for advertising to bring more customers to
the downtown area for shopping. This was before the placement of
the Carousel Mall.
The purpose for this area tax ceased approximately 25 years
ago yet the tax has continued to be collected.
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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
City of San Bernardino
April 27, 1992
Page two
This is a very unfair tax because it only applies to
businesses or law offices that are within a certain designated
area. Other law offices that practice on the east side of
Arrowhead Avenue do not pay the area tax that I pay even though I'm
only approximately 200 feet from the boundary line.
The area tax never applied logically to our law office at its
inception since we did not advertise nor participate in advertising
at that time.
I would respectfully request being advised when I might appear
and take whatever appropriate action I could take in a hearing
before the City. I would ask to be advised as soon as possible as
to what steps are to be undertaken.
As I have said this payment is made under protest. I know the
City can use the money and I would prefer to pay a much larger sum
as a direct charitable donation to the City rather than be given
this unfair tax that was originally created for a special purpose
and where the special purpose expired approximately 25 years ago.
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Sincerely, ?
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