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October 25th, 2013
09:49 PM ET
No schools, no services, but a 500% tax hike
For generations, a small group of people have called an isolated barrier island off the coast of Georgia home.
Now, they're fighting to keep their land after a sudden spike in taxes - even though they get almost nothing in return.
No schools, police or services like trash pickup.
David Mattingly has the OutFront investigation.
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RT @CNN: Konstantin Yefremov, a Russian soldier who fled Russia after he was dismissed from the army for refusing to return to Ukraine, spe…
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He says this to Ukrainians: “ I ask the Ukrainian people for forgiveness, that I came to their land with a gun in my hand”.
He is in Mexico now. He’s approached border guards and says he got nowhere. He is now seeking political asylum to ttwitter.com/i/web/status/1…rVHH
He fled Russia in early Jan. He shared his dismissal papers with us. In part “this serviceman refused to go to thetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…LXt9
Excellent reporting!
Sounds like a plot to me, rich people want to build mansions on said island, and hatch plot to force sellers to sell the land. Hopefully they get legal counsel and beat it.
Plot to steal land and redevelop it? Likely. All too likely.