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SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 In response to a lawsuit lost by the state of Connecticut, some residents of towns located near the Mashantucket Pequot reservation say they want the tribe to pay taxes on land they have purchased. But they also said the tribe has helped bring business to the area. Even so, residents said the other people are upset because land which is taken into trust by the Department of Interior gets taken off tax rolls and isn't subject to local zoning laws. The tribe is the largest taxpayer in the town of North Stonington. According to the inventory of all taxable properties in town, the tribe has $17.8 million in holdings. The next largest holder is : Fisher Controls International Inc. with $5.6 million. Get the Ruling:
Connecticut v. Babbitt (Second Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 99-6042. September 2000) Get the Story:
Outrage From Town Residents Greets Annexation Ruling (The New London Day 9/27) Related Stories:
Does a Pequot empire await? (Tribal Law 9/27)
Towns want 'sloppy' legislation fixed (Tribal Law 9/27)
Court rules against anti-Pequot towns (Tribal Law 9/26)
Towns optimistic about Pequot suit (Tribal Law 06/15)
Pequots biggest taxpayer (Money Matters 05/01)
Relevant Links:
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals - www.law.pace.edu/lawlib/legal/us-legal/judiciary/second-circuit.html
Residents want tribe to pay taxes
Facebook TwitterSEPTEMBER 27, 2000 In response to a lawsuit lost by the state of Connecticut, some residents of towns located near the Mashantucket Pequot reservation say they want the tribe to pay taxes on land they have purchased. But they also said the tribe has helped bring business to the area. Even so, residents said the other people are upset because land which is taken into trust by the Department of Interior gets taken off tax rolls and isn't subject to local zoning laws. The tribe is the largest taxpayer in the town of North Stonington. According to the inventory of all taxable properties in town, the tribe has $17.8 million in holdings. The next largest holder is : Fisher Controls International Inc. with $5.6 million. Get the Ruling:
Connecticut v. Babbitt (Second Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 99-6042. September 2000) Get the Story:
Outrage From Town Residents Greets Annexation Ruling (The New London Day 9/27) Related Stories:
Does a Pequot empire await? (Tribal Law 9/27)
Towns want 'sloppy' legislation fixed (Tribal Law 9/27)
Court rules against anti-Pequot towns (Tribal Law 9/26)
Towns optimistic about Pequot suit (Tribal Law 06/15)
Pequots biggest taxpayer (Money Matters 05/01)
Relevant Links:
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals - www.law.pace.edu/lawlib/legal/us-legal/judiciary/second-circuit.html
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