You are a member of your county's board of supervisors. At a public meeting of the board of supervisors, one county resident gets up and shouts at you for raising the state sales tax. After he is finished, you calm the
man down and explain to him that you are not responsible for raising the state sales tax and that if he has a
problem with the move he should address it with his district representative. He responds with, "Well, do you
control any taxes that I can complain about?" In eight to ten sentences, carefully explain the roles of the
board of supervisors, elected officials, and appointed officials in county government in handling property
taxes.

b

he spent it on fancy clothes, gambling, and having fun.

- "the past is made of multitudinous items ranging from anything that can be collected, recollected or assessed to originate in the past. as such, the past is a gallimaufry of particulars that may not have been related in any way. however, the human mind seeks organization to understand concepts and other things. the human mind therefore seeks relationships in explaining and studying the past. history being a humanity, dictates that historians have to serve this human trait by bringing structure to details of the past. historians do this by creating interpretive frameworks that capture as many details as possible."

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