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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And the owners of those private clubs certainly have the right to offer to sell them to the county if it becomes too difficult to pay their fair taxes for the privileg of having a private club that discriminates against nonmembers.

Then the county can turn around an operate them as public facilities. Problem solved. [/quote]

What about your house?  How is it any different?

People belong to clubs to stay away from people like you.  [/quote]

Then they can pay a premium for privacy.  I'd say that any facility that is open to the public, e.g. to any tax paying resident, can retain the discounted rate as it is providing it's discounted services/amenities to all tax paying residents.  Those who wish to retain the right to limit membership so that only some residents can access their facilities, should pay the same residential tax rate that citizens pay to have private property.

So, you get the discounted rate if open to everyone.  You pay the going property tax rates if you want to be private; thus it becomes just like your home.[/quote]

I am stunned that people think this way. A club is a club. Whether to be open to the public or not is a business decision. [b]It's abhorrent that people can advocate different tax rates based what a membership constituency looks like. [/b]Hell, even a poll tax was less discriminatory because everyone had to pay the same rate. [/quote]

Funny that you don't see the inconsistencies in your own words and see nothing abhorrent about private country clubs currently paying a LOWER tax than Maryland residents.[/quote]

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