From: "Ernest Lilley" <elilley at mindspring.com> To: "'WSFA members'" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Sci Fi Society Gets Validation and Tax Break Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:39:48 -0500 Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Here's an interesting bit... http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=364372&nid=25 ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The Baltimore Science Fiction Society received the validation it was seeking from the state's highest court. Not only that, the society also received a break on its property taxes. Ruling that the science fiction society's Highlandtown headquarters qualifies for a property tax exemption, the state Court of Appeals agreed with the group's insistence that its activities and programs have legitimate educational value. Ernest ern at e357.net / (703) 371 0226 hm/cell