[Occupymendocino] Woman House Taken Over Wiith One Missed Tax Payment

[Richard Karch]

I think Kalamazoo Occupy should be protesting this! rk

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

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 because of one missed tax payment:
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.
Deborah Calley maintains that she was unaware she owed any back taxes and of the ten certified letters sent by the county, only one was sent to her home, the other nine were sent to banks. She steadfastly
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