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Tue Sep-13-11 10:47 AM
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| 66. The son is at fault here...100% at fault. No one else. nt. |
| -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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