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Latest on Mammoth’s TOT enforcement
Mammoth Lakes, CA – The Town’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Enforcement Program was launched on September 8, 2011 with a mailing of over 8,000 letters to all Town of Mammoth Lakes property owners....
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Town Manager responds to MLLA revelations
Mammoth Town Manager Dave Wilbrecht From their position in the dark to the harsh glare of a new court fight, the Mammoth Lakes public woke up to the shock that negotiations over the huge debt that...
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Town government braces for shortfall
Mammoth Town Manager Dave Wilbrecht Forecasts for Town of Mammoth finances ride the same wave as weather forecasts – dry and partly cloudy. Even as Mammoth Mountain’s CEO confirmed a revenue...
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Town braces for decision on MLLA writ
Attorneys for MLLA and Town of Mammoth Lakes will hear Judge Randall on the MLLA writ Friday, March 23rd. When the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition go back to court on Friday,...
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Mammoth’s money problems: chronic and serious
Mammoth Town government has a long-term, structural, financial problem that will require more cuts. That’s what Assistant Town Manager Marianna Marysheva-Martinez said when Sierra Wave News asked her...
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Mammoth’s financial crunch goes public
The Mammoth Lakes community learned very little new information on the grave state of the Town’s finances and dealings with the $42 million debt owed to MLLA when the Town Council met Wednesday night....
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Officials, citizens struggle to save June Mountain
A one-two punch to the economy of June Lake. That’s what Supervisor-Elect Tim Alpers called the closure of June Mountain and now a Senate Bill that would cut fish hatchery funds. Faced with the...
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ML Tourism end of year report
The good news? Mammoth Lakes Tourism has reported that July through November of 2011 brought in the highest transient occupancy tax revenues in the past seven years. The less than good news? December...
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LA looks at tax hikes, what about Mammoth?
While the Town of Mammoth Lakes struggles over a kind of surgical reduction of its government structure, the city of most of Mammoth’s customers – Los Angeles – prepares four possible tax hike...
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Town Manager supports economic development and new position
Town Manager Marianna Marysheva-Martinez When Mammoth citizens learned that the Town would hire a Community and Economic Development Director at a cost of $226,000, which includes benefits, some...
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Mammoth Town Council: new mayor, new entity, and new fiscal year budget
The Mammoth Town Council will recognize outgoing Mayor Matthew Lehman at their meeting Wednesday night. As usual, the Council will reorganize with new officers. It is expected that Mayor Pro Tem Rick...
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Rim Fire hurts Lee Vining business
Businesses in Mono County, especially Lee Vining, have suffered this season due to the disastrous Rim Fire that closed Highway 120 for a time and now the government shutdown which closed Yosemite....
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Mammoth Tourism continues help to travelers, focuses on marketing
Mammoth Tourism Director John Urdi is a true believer in marketing, and he has evidence to prove it. Urdi and his staff lately transformed themselves into a visitors bureau when the federal government...
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Mono Supervisors: letter to Congressman, Bodie Road, TOT
As the federal government shutdown drags on with more negative impacts surfacing daily, the Mono Supervisors decided to write to the Inyo-Mono Congressman, Paul Cook. Their letter urges an immediate...
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Mammoth Town Council: Main Street draft plan, Putnam award, and TOT appeal
For many years, Mammoth officials and citizens have dreamed about, talked about, and worked on a re-make of Main Street. Tonight, in a joint workshop with the Planning and Economic Development...
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Mono Supervisors: CDFW pay up, TOT appeal
For whatever reason, the Department of Fish and Wildlife has failed to pay Mono County what is known as Payments In Lieu of Taxes for the past eleven years. Mono Finance Director Leslie Chapman says...
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Mono Supervisors deny TOT appeal
Owners of the Yosemite Gateway Motel in Lee Vining had asked the Mono Supervisors to waive penalties and allow a payment plan for their third and fourth quarter transient occupancy tax payments due to...
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Mammoth Town Council: Money to spare, on-line tax payment, and tourism agreement
According to the Town Council agenda packet, the pre-audit actual financial results for last fiscal year for Town government show a fund balance left over of more than $1.9 million. Surprising news...
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Lack of snow takes bite out of budget
Because of low snow, community indicators show a 30% reduction in visitor activity in Mammoth Lakes in January, according to Interim Town Manager Dan Holler. He says in his report to the Town Council...
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TOT appeal denied by Town Council
In certain zones in the Town of Mammoth Lakes, overnight rentals are legal, but owners must pay Transient Occupancy Tax. In the case of one property owner, the Town Finance Staff said he had...
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