Dear Cyndy,

Just now, as I was wrestling with foolishly abstract issues
of the relationship between ethics and knowledge - the assertion
of Socrates that no man knowingly does wrong, cf. Sophocles'
Oedipus, - I had an "inspiration" about the legal problem with
your 20 acres of land subject to a Federal water conservation
program, on which the government now wants to raise real estate
taxes. Without knowing ANY details, it occurred to me that you
might find it feasible to transfer the 20 acres to a charitable
trust set up by you, and controlled by you, e.g. a wildlife
sanctuary on which ALL trespassing was prohibited, and thereby
create a situation which would entail payment of NO real estate
taxes. It wouldn't not be necessary to explain to the authorities
that the wildlife to be protected was Ned and yourself.
If you want help, let me know.

Jochen