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Photo courtes, of AJ Barrus
Marta Gomez-Mendoza, right, grieves for her husband, Carlos Pablo-
Carrillo, during a Candlelight vigil at Post Office Park on Friday, Oct. 8,
2010. Gomez-Mendoza recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Pierce
County Superior Court.
Continued from page A-1
50 yards off the California
Road on the morning of
Sept. 29, 2010.
Seattle attorney Matt
Geyman, of the Phillips
Law Group, filed the law-
suit. He said that when
it comes to the corporate
defendants the case boils
down to "the right hand not
knowing what the left hand
was doing."
"The corporate defen-
dants all profit from the sa-
lal trade, which is a mulit-
billion dollar global busi-
ness, and they continue to
put other workers at risk
in the same way during the
hunting season." the claim
states. "In this case, one of
the workers was shot and
killed as a result of the
dangerous condition cre-
ated by the corporate de-
fendants in their pursuit
of profits, leaving a widow
and a fatherless daughter."
The lawsuit states that
the property that Pablo-
Carrillo was standing on
when he was killed was
owned by G.R. Kirk and
was leased by Two Noble
Guys.
The lawsuit also alleges
that Hiawatha. an affiliate
of Two Noble Guys, was in-
volved in selling a brush-
picking permit to Pablo
Carrillo who in turn was
going to sell the greens
back to them.
"Hiawatha had designat-
ed the location and directed
Mr. Pablo-Carrillo to work
in the location where he
was shot," the claim states.
Geyman said that the
corporate defendants had
more of a responsibility in
this case than Gerald Al-
drich.
"Unlike the corporate de-
fendants, the hunter {Ger-
ald Aldrich t did not know
that the worker would be
there at the time picking
salal in the dense brush,"
states the claim.
Geyman did tell the
Journal, though, that while
Gerald Aldrich was aquit-
ted of manslaughter, there
is a difference between
criminal negligence, the
burden in a manslaughter
case, and negligence.
"The fact that he was
found no guilty of man-
slaughter doesn't answer
the question one way or
the other whether or not he
was negligent in identify-
ing his target before pull-
ing the trigger," Geyman
said.
Tax
Continued from page A-1
exclude sales that occurred outside of Ma-
son County when they are submitted as
evidence of actual home values.
"The goal of boards of equalization is to
determine the true and fair market value
of the subject property during an appeal.
To do this, the board must examine all evi-
dence," the report stated.
The report also found that at least in one
incident the board did not give an appellant
adequate notice before a hearing. Accord-
ing to the law, appellants must be notified
15 days prior to a hearing.
The board is also required to issue orders
giving concrete reasons for its decision. The
review found that the board did not do this.
"The orders reviewed do not explain how
the Board arrived at their decision. The
statement that the burden of proof was
not met or clear, cogent and convincing
evidence was not provided does not offer a
reason for the decision made," the review
states.
The review also found that the board
clerk did not keep and publish a record of
the board's proceedings as is required by
both RCWs and WACs.
While the clerk did keep records, they
were not in accordance with the law's re-
quirements.
The review also outlines guidelines for
accepting late or incomplete petitions. An
appeal petition has to be filed completely
and on time for the board to consider it.
However, the board can review late-sub-
mitted evidence at its discretion.
Also, the review found that the clerk of
the board of equalization did not keep con-
fidential information in a separate location
from public information. According to the
review, some of that confidential informa-
tion was shredded immediately after board
hearings.
"Proper handling of evidence and tes-
timony ensures confidential information
will not be disclosed inappropriately and
instills taxpayer confidence in the Board."
according to the rewew.
This particular problem has already
been addressed, the review states.
The last of the eight requirements has
also been addressed by the board. This year
board held hearings past its regular 28-day
session in an attempt to finish 2010 ap-
peals. According to state law, the board has
to request approval to go over the allotted
28 days by its county legislative authority
(the Mason County Commission).
"For some reason we didn't understand
that and worked more than 28 days," Do-
bey said.
In October, the commission approved
extending the board's session, and allotted
$10,000 to fund the extra time. Dobey said
the money had to come from the general
fund rather than the utilities budget.
The review also included five suggestions
to improve the performance of the board.
According to the review, one particular
petition had a received date stamp of No-
vember 5, 2010, but the "receipt of petition"
letter to the appellant was signed two days
earlier, on Nov. 3.
In addition, DOR suggested the board
clerk more carefully track received peti-
tions.
The review also suggested more careful-
ly recording hearings so proceedings were
audible, and not waiting for a review by the
Assessor's office to schedule a hearing.
The board clerk is also encouraged to
maintain a log of all petitions submit-
ted, both complete and incomplete. It was
further suggested by DOR that the board
places all applicable forms on the county
website.
County officials hope appeals will de-
crease when the county assessors office be-
gins its annual revaluations of property in
2012.
"We won't really know what affect it has
until we get all our information," said As-
sessor Melody Peterson. "There shouldn't
be the increases or decreases we see on the
scale of the four-year evaluation. It should
be more reflective of the current market."
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