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Judge denies Palenville group's tax exemptionAugust 10, 2012 in Catskill, Palenville by Tom Roe
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Julia Reischel in The Watershed Post reports that last Thu., Aug. 2, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled against the Maetreum of Cybele against the town of Catskill with the judge denying the group's attempt at a religious tax exemption. "Catskill's assessor has repeatedly denied requests by the group to take its property, a three-story former inn on a three-acre parcel in Palenville, off the tax rolls....
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Palenville's pagans lose religious tax exemption caseBy Julia Reischel | 8/9/12 - 7:52 am
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The Maetreum of Cybele in Palenville. Photo by Julia Reischel. A group of self-described pagans in Palenville has lost its bid for a religious exemption from property taxes.
Last Thursday, a New York State Supreme Court judge issued a decision in the trial of a case filed by the Maetreum of Cybele against the town of Catskill. (You can read the decision below.)
Catskill's assessor has repeatedly denied requests by the group to take its property, a three-story former inn on a three-acre parcel in Palenville, off the tax rolls. (For an in-depth look at the controversy behind the lawsuit, see our 2010 feature story, "The Pagan Exemption.")
The Maetreum, led by Reverend Mother Battakes Cathryn Platine, argued that the property is the worldwide religious headquarters of the Cybeline Revival, a pagan faith. The town of Catskill contends that the property is mainly used for non-religious residential purposes.
Quote from: lilacwoman on August 26, 2012, 04:51:55 AM
nice building...is that what you Americans call clapboard walls?
Yes, and is quite common. The older buildings have the less wide clapboard siding as shown, the more modern homes have some of that less wide wood with clapboard up to 12" wide, made of a pressed composite mix of wood shavings, glue and in some cases plastic shavings as well.
My house has the 8" wood composite siding on the sides and back with a brick/siding front.
Joelene
Interesting...post an article concerning a "Transsexual Castration Cult" and it turns into an episode of "This Old House"... :laugh:
SJ
Quote from: SandraJane on August 27, 2012, 08:43:53 AM
Interesting...post an article concerning a "Transsexual Castration Cult" and it turns into an episode of "This Old House"... :laugh:
You can never predict where the comments might go around here :laugh:
Z
Quote from: Zythyra on August 27, 2012, 08:47:00 AM
You can never predict where the comments might go around here :laugh:
Z
So true, So true... :laugh:
old houses is more interesting that weird cults that refuse to pay their bit to keep USA afloat.