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Tue Sep-13-11 08:18 AM
Response to Reply #14 |
| 25. The son should have stepped forward sooner. |
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If he or his mother were fiscally unable to pay, there might have been something the city could do. At the least, he should have gone to his councilman to see if there was something that could be done. By ignoring the taxes for seven years, he only made a bad situation worse. I don't put any blame on the woman, but the son was an idiot.
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| -101-year-old Detroit woman evicted over tax bill |
James48 |
Sep-13-11 06:14 AM |
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Also sad... |
Rebubula |
Sep-13-11 06:40 AM |
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"Her son lived with her. " |
itsrobert |
Sep-13-11 06:46 AM |
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The son did not evict them. He did a silly thing, but he did not do the eviction. |
geckosfeet |
Sep-13-11 07:11 AM |
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He didn't do a silly thing |
OnlinePoker |
Sep-13-11 07:34 AM |
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Where I live it's 2 years |
Shadowflash |
Sep-13-11 07:46 AM |
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So an actual lifetime counts for nothing. The county needs the pennies |
plumbob |
Sep-13-11 11:10 AM |
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plumbob |
trud |
Sep-13-11 01:38 PM |
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Here it is. |
plumbob |
Sep-13-11 02:12 PM |
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The homeowner is 101,. Any evidence a tax lien on the home would not have sufficed? |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 07:51 AM |
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The son should have stepped forward sooner. |
OnlinePoker |
Sep-13-11 08:18 AM |
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You're missing the point. She is the both homeowner and the victim here. Her son is irrelevant. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:49 AM |
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This makes sense. |
midnight |
Sep-13-11 08:26 AM |
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Your post is bordering a little bit on ageism we hear about on DU all the time |
snooper2 |
Sep-13-11 08:54 AM |
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Saying a 101 year old woman is likely to die soon is ageism? |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:57 AM |
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In some states this woman would have some or all of the tax exempted under homesteading provisions |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-13-11 09:14 AM |
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True. Also, I said she may have overpaid for years, given |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 09:37 AM |
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Why publicize it? Poor people might actually take advantage of it. |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-13-11 10:30 AM |
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LOL! Some poor people do have a nasty habit of participating in programs designed to help them. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:40 AM |
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Wait. Throw a one hundred year old out - but let corporate entities run free? |
geckosfeet |
Sep-13-11 05:13 PM |
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Agree on personal responsibility |
Rebubula |
Sep-13-11 07:37 AM |
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He may not have been functioning at a high level, but she is the homeowner, not him. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 07:53 AM |
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Understand the context of all of this: Detroit is a city of block after block of empty subs... |
Romulox |
Sep-13-11 08:41 AM |
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I do understand the context. I also understand that this 101 year old |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:52 AM |
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Sorry. Meant to respond to the main thread. I agree with you. nt |
Romulox |
Sep-13-11 09:22 AM |
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No worries. No offense taken. I realized we were both on the woman's side. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 09:50 AM |
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So who decided to throw all her belongings in the dumpster? |
plumbob |
Sep-13-11 11:12 AM |
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Silly or not, it may have been the best he was capable of doing. But she is the homeowner. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 07:54 AM |
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The son is at fault here...100% at fault. No one else. nt. |
SkyDaddy7 |
Sep-13-11 10:47 AM |
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If I had to guess, he probably just didn't have the money |
Yo_Mama |
Sep-13-11 07:16 AM |
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Wow, what a guess. If I had to guess, I'd say he probably did not have the money |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 07:37 AM |
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The son is what, a 70 or 80 year old man? |
Matariki |
Sep-13-11 11:17 AM |
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and then again, they are probably poor, he could be ill himself |
roguevalley |
Sep-13-11 04:53 PM |
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And now the house will sit vacant, only to decay or burn to the ground. |
NYC_SKP |
Sep-13-11 06:45 AM |
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The son could have done something |
Demeter |
Sep-13-11 07:25 AM |
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We don't know whether the son could have done something or not. That may be the highest level |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:02 AM |
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He was functioning enough to take a mortage |
SpartanDem |
Sep-13-11 08:11 PM |
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This is why I manage my own money., n/t |
trud |
Sep-13-11 07:25 AM |
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I'm guessing you're not 101, though. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:16 AM |
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I'm not 101, but |
trud |
Sep-13-11 01:42 PM |
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sometimes you don't know you're slipping, like my mom with Alzheimer's |
wordpix |
Sep-13-11 08:18 PM |
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This is the glorious Raygun/bush society. |
fasttense |
Sep-13-11 07:28 AM |
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+1 |
Art_from_Ark |
Sep-13-11 09:28 AM |
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Detroit has no Republicans. |
former9thward |
Sep-13-11 10:11 AM |
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You are quite right. Detroit's Republicans left after the riots in 1967. |
Octafish |
Sep-13-11 08:20 PM |
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She deserves it because her son's an idiot. |
Iggo |
Sep-13-11 07:51 AM |
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yes, sad isn't it? nt |
Javaman |
Sep-13-11 08:00 AM |
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Yes, and without the least bit of embarrassment. DPINOs |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:08 AM |
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No...no one is saying that |
Rebubula |
Sep-13-11 09:47 AM |
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Who said the city has all the blame? And, we don't know anything about the son, except that he |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:05 AM |
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Always options |
Rebubula |
Sep-13-11 10:15 AM |
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Yes, we are both speculating. My speculation gives him the benefit of the doubt, though. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:28 AM |
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So why was it necessary to put her belongings in the dumpster? |
plumbob |
Sep-13-11 11:15 AM |
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So the 'Liberal Compassionate;' |
greiner3 |
Sep-13-11 07:56 AM |
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huey Long ended evictions: California had free college before RR governor |
sam11111 |
Sep-13-11 08:08 AM |
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101 mom and 65 yr old son. Not a" couple," per se. Neo DU. Good one. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 08:10 AM |
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Someone deserves a gold star today: |
hedgehog |
Sep-13-11 08:04 AM |
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I hope the city will accept his help |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
Sep-13-11 08:47 AM |
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Nice to see people on a progressive board cheering the eviction of |
Dutchmaster |
Sep-13-11 08:26 AM |
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Please point to the post number in this thread that is cheering her conviction |
snooper2 |
Sep-13-11 08:57 AM |
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Would "justifying her eviction and being judgmental about it" make it better? |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 09:07 AM |
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No, that is a total change in verbiage from the post I responded to.. |
snooper2 |
Sep-13-11 09:44 AM |
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Exactly my point. I asked if a change in wording would improve the post to which you responded. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 09:55 AM |
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No Elephants |
snooper2 |
Sep-13-11 10:21 AM |
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Again, "no elephants" does not mean I hate elephants. Not sure why you're not getting that. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:33 AM |
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If silence is assent, we can use the posts of the people justifying it |
Occulus |
Sep-13-11 10:10 AM |
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Wow, I hope owners and managers of this site love their new makeover. |
Arctic Dave |
Sep-13-11 08:27 AM |
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The Detroit city government is staffed by some of the worst human beings on the planet. |
Romulox |
Sep-13-11 08:35 AM |
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Retired people should not pay property taxes. |
buckrogers1965 |
Sep-13-11 08:58 AM |
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Most cities give retired persons who don't have much money a break. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 09:11 AM |
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All retired people? Retired people who own their homes? |
snooper2 |
Sep-13-11 09:47 AM |
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Reading comprehension much? The entire thread, as well as the specific post to which I replied, |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:00 AM |
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Why do you keep replying to my posts that weren't directed to you? |
snooper2 |
Sep-13-11 10:21 AM |
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That's how a message board works. People see a post that they agree with |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:37 AM |
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I agree. A lifetime of work should count for something. |
plumbob |
Sep-13-11 11:18 AM |
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Understand the context of all of this: Detroit is a city of block after block of empty subs... |
Romulox |
Sep-13-11 09:21 AM |
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Yo, idiots that did this...Matthew 23 |
47of74 |
Sep-13-11 10:13 AM |
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Jeesh. Her son is probably 80. |
leftyladyfrommo |
Sep-13-11 10:15 AM |
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Article says 65, but I agree this kind of thing should not happen. |
No Elephants |
Sep-13-11 10:23 AM |
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Yes, I wish the person who actually did the dumpster tossing a slow and |
plumbob |
Sep-13-11 11:20 AM |
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I'm sure there was a process that was followed |
JustABozoOnThisBus |
Sep-13-11 11:21 AM |
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There really needs to be |
JEB |
Sep-13-11 10:26 AM |
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What a horrible story.... |
SoapBox |
Sep-13-11 12:29 PM |
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But GE still gets to do business in the US despite paying no taxes! n/t |
alp227 |
Sep-13-11 01:28 PM |
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good point. Even my bro the Repub agrees GE should pay taxes! |
wordpix |
Sep-13-11 08:15 PM |
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NO DUMPSTER |
trud |
Sep-13-11 01:45 PM |
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We moan about 'put Christ back in Christmas!', yet our society can be so cold and commercial. |
closeupready |
Sep-13-11 03:02 PM |
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What a rat the son is! |
Vinca |
Sep-13-11 03:15 PM |
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I was thinking about this and the Republican debate on CNN |
jzodda |
Sep-13-11 05:34 PM |
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According to the Huffington Post they took out an ARM |
tammywammy |
Sep-13-11 08:01 PM |
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That sounds like criminal elder abuse to me. |
totodeinhere |
Sep-13-11 08:09 PM |
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Agreed! |
tammywammy |
Sep-13-11 08:51 PM |
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the son is a rat; take mom to good care facility & let him fend for himself |
wordpix |
Sep-13-11 08:17 PM |
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"A 101-year-old woman... |
unkachuck |
Sep-13-11 08:22 PM |
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Hang her son who took a reservse mortage |
SpartanDem |
Sep-13-11 08:47 PM |
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HUD: evicted 101-year-old Detroit woman going home |
Gormy Cuss |
Sep-14-11 10:17 PM |
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Texana Hollis, 101-Year-Old Evicted Woman, Is Getting Home Back |
Ian David |
Sep-15-11 06:25 AM |
#96 |
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