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Topic: Politics > Politics-USA
User: "Igor The Terrible"
Date: 17 Jul 2007 11:40:15 PM
Object: Tiny tax bill ($1.63) gives couple big trouble...
How do you even begin to solve a problem like this?
EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For starters, you go to the St. Tammany Sheriff''s and you spray the
pieces of ***** down with MAC 10s and/or UZIs--which ever are
conveniently available at the time. That's the easy and fun part.
Then it's the bring lots of lawyers, guns, and money festivity because
*****'s gonna hit the fan like it never has before.
Talk about your USCRUPULOUS public servants.....errrr... nuisance;
they deserve a fate worse than death.
Tiny tax bill gives couple big trouble Tue Jul 17, 1:23 PM ET
SLIDELL, La. - A missing property tax bill for $1.63 has given Kermit
and Dolores Atwood "seven years of emotional hell" in a fight to keep
their home.
The bill was sent to a defunct address in 1996 and returned
undelivered to the St. Tammany Parish sheriff's office. The Atwoods
weren't looking for it since they had owned the four-bedroom house
mortgage-free since 1968 and had been exempt from the state tax.
"The sheriff's office could have easily found us," Dolores Atwood
said. "We're in the phone book."
Instead, the Atwoods' home was sold at a sheriff's auction in 1997 to
American Land Investments because of the delinquent bill. The couple
have won several court challenges since then and hope to withstand one
more appeal over the property.
The State Tax Commission eventually nullified the 1997 sale, but when
the Atwoods tried to sell the house in 2002, they discovered that
American Land Investments had sold the property rights to Jamie Land
Co., which then sued the Atwoods.
James A. Lindsay II, the company's president, said his rights were
violated when the tax commission didn't inform him of its decision.
Without a clear title, the couple couldn't sell the house. Then in
2005, Hurricane Katrina struck. Dolores Atwood said they didn't have
insurance, and because of the title, they didn't qualify for federal
rebuilding help.
"I don't know how much more I can endure," said Atwood, 69, who lives
in a FEMA trailer in front of the still-damaged home north of Slidell.
Her husband, 71 and on a respirator, lives with relatives. She said
the couple had been through "seven years of emotional hell."
In May 2006, a judge ruled that the property title belongs to the
Atwoods. Last month, a state appeals court panel upheld the decision.
Jamie Land asked the court to rehear the case, but that request was
denied last week.
Now, the company plans to ask the Louisiana Supreme Court to take up
the case. Lindsay said he doesn't want the Atwoods to suffer, but "I
have rights too," adding that the commission gave him no notice when
it annulled the tax sale.
"I don't owe him 50 cents," Delores Atwood said, "not with what he's
put me through."
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User: "John Smith"

Title: Re: Tiny tax bill ($1.63) gives couple big trouble... 18 Jul 2007 03:19:41 AM
"Igor The Terrible" <igor_the_terrible@mad.scientist.com> wrote in message
news:1184733615.528422.261420@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com...

How do you even begin to solve a problem like this?

EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For starters, you go to the St. Tammany Sheriff''s and you spray the
pieces of ***** down with MAC 10s and/or UZIs--which ever are
conveniently available at the time. That's the easy and fun part.
Then it's the bring lots of lawyers, guns, and money festivity because
*****'s gonna hit the fan like it never has before.

Talk about your USCRUPULOUS public servants.....errrr... nuisance;
they deserve a fate worse than death.






Tiny tax bill gives couple big trouble Tue Jul 17, 1:23 PM ET


SLIDELL, La. - A missing property tax bill for $1.63 has given Kermit
and Dolores Atwood "seven years of emotional hell" in a fight to keep
their home.

The bill was sent to a defunct address in 1996 and returned
undelivered to the St. Tammany Parish sheriff's office. The Atwoods
weren't looking for it since they had owned the four-bedroom house
mortgage-free since 1968 and had been exempt from the state tax.

"The sheriff's office could have easily found us," Dolores Atwood
said. "We're in the phone book."

Instead, the Atwoods' home was sold at a sheriff's auction in 1997 to
American Land Investments because of the delinquent bill. The couple
have won several court challenges since then and hope to withstand one
more appeal over the property.

The State Tax Commission eventually nullified the 1997 sale, but when
the Atwoods tried to sell the house in 2002, they discovered that
American Land Investments had sold the property rights to Jamie Land
Co., which then sued the Atwoods.

James A. Lindsay II, the company's president, said his rights were
violated when the tax commission didn't inform him of its decision.

Without a clear title, the couple couldn't sell the house. Then in
2005, Hurricane Katrina struck. Dolores Atwood said they didn't have
insurance, and because of the title, they didn't qualify for federal
rebuilding help.

"I don't know how much more I can endure," said Atwood, 69, who lives
in a FEMA trailer in front of the still-damaged home north of Slidell.
Her husband, 71 and on a respirator, lives with relatives. She said
the couple had been through "seven years of emotional hell."

In May 2006, a judge ruled that the property title belongs to the
Atwoods. Last month, a state appeals court panel upheld the decision.
Jamie Land asked the court to rehear the case, but that request was
denied last week.

Now, the company plans to ask the Louisiana Supreme Court to take up
the case. Lindsay said he doesn't want the Atwoods to suffer, but "I
have rights too," adding that the commission gave him no notice when
it annulled the tax sale.

"I don't owe him 50 cents," Delores Atwood said, "not with what he's
put me through."

This is a good response to those authoritarian idiots who claim "ignorance
of the law is no excuse".
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