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Old 07-17-2008, 02:31 PM
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Default Lake Bluff: Convert your house into a Church, save 80,000 in taxes
Did anybody else read this story?

Lake Bluff man declares his home a church, gets tax break -- chicagotribune.com

That's what I call creative accounting, if you ask me..

Other thing that caught my eye is this:
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He was billed $79,758 for 2006 property taxes.


That's a lot of money for property taxes!

Are school desks made of gold @ Lake Bluff?

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I just read about that. lol The city and neighbors are in an uproar. The city is trying to find ways to generate the lost revenue and neighbors are worried that theyll be slapped with more taxes to compensate. Should be interesting to see how this unfolds...

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Hmmmm... I'm on my condo association, and may bring this up at the next meeting. We could declare ourselves a religious community and get a bunch of fake internet ordinations. We'd save our building THOUSANDS every year!

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Old 07-18-2008, 03:52 PM
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This keeps getting more interesting... It looks like this guy had a sexual harrasment lawsuit before

Mansion's minister has skeletons in his closet -- chicagotribune.com

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