<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I think Kalamazoo Occupy should be protesting this! rk</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/06/1334649/-Michigan-judge-rules-Kalamazoo-county-has-right-to-take-woman-s-house-over-one-missed-tax-payment?detail=email">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/06/1334649/-Michigan-judge-rules-Kalamazoo-county-has-right-to-take-woman-s-house-over-one-missed-tax-payment?detail=email</a><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">In Kalamazoo, Deborah Calley was dealt a legal blow after a Kalamazoo County District Judge ruled the county was within its legal rights to sell the house she owns free and clear <a href="http://fox17online.com/2014/10/02/judge-gives-kalamazoo-county-green-light-to-sell-womans-home-after-property-tax-mistake/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(229, 114, 30); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">because of one missed tax payment:</a><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; "><blockquote style="margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 1.4; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 243, 236); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 226, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 225); border-top-style: solid; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Gary Giguere, Jr.’s ruling agrees with what county officials told FOX 17 from the beginning: that the county was only following the law: “…the Court finds that the numerous and varied forms of notice the Petitioner used to notify Defendant [Calley] pursuant to the GPTA [General Property Tax Act] were reasonably calculated to apprise her of the foreclosure proceedings,” Giguere’s court ruling reads.</blockquote>Deborah Calley maintains that she was unaware she owed any back taxes and of the ten certified letters sent by the county, <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/16/1330244/-After-one-missed-property-tax-payment-Michigan-woman-stands-to-lose-fully-paid-for-home" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(229, 114, 30); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; ">only one was sent to her home</a>, the other nine were sent to banks. She steadfastly</span></div></body></html>