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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." Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, November 24, 2011 - Page A-7