[CPEO-IRF] Potential pitfalls of Google deal at Moffett Field (CA)

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Assessor will try to make Google pay property taxes

By Jessica Portner and Julie Patel
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
September 29, 2005

While NASA/Ames Research Center directors reveled Wednesday in Google's
plans to move onto their campus, Santa Clara County's tax assessor said
he would fight to make sure the high-tech heavyweight won't escape
paying its fair share of property taxes by locating its complex on
federal land.

The Internet giant, based in Mountain View, announced it intends to
build up to a 1 million-square-foot complex on the federal research park
at Moffett Field, which Ames officials have dreamt about transforming
into the intellectual hub of Silicon Valley.

Assessor Larry Stone estimated a project of that size would generate at
least $2.5 million to $3 million in annual property taxes for local governments.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/12772386.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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