Penny For Your Thoughts

November 19, 2008 | Jim Vicevich | |

OR ELSE … but as Glenn Reynolds points out … they don’t call it Taxachusetts for nothing.

South Attleboro resident Eileen Wilbur’s bill from the city is for one penny. The city sent Wilbur a letter dated Nov. 10 stating that if the 1 cent balance is not paid by Dec. 10, the city will assess a lien of up to $48 on Wilbur’s next property tax bill.

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

4 Comments

  1. P Simmons on November 19, 2008 at 6:25 am

    According to Yahoo! news: "Mayor Kevin Dumas says the whole situation was blown out of proportion." By whom? The senior citizen, or Attleboro City Hall? Gotta love the bureaucrats.



  2. Steve on November 19, 2008 at 7:03 am

    Howie Carr interviewed Mrs. Wilbur yesterday afternoon. She was pretty funny.

    The problem has been taken care of by hundreds of people driving by city hall and throwing pennies at the front door.



  3. kathy on November 19, 2008 at 7:06 am

    we did not save the steel industry I think it employed many more people then the auto industry. The politicians think our money is theirs to do with what they please. I agree with that listener that people will take all there money and hide it so that the government doesn't know how much they have.



  4. shiningcityonahill on November 19, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    The most ridiculous part about Ms. Wilbur's ordeal? The city had to pay 42 times the amount of her tax bill in postage to just mail her the notice…..oyayoooyyyy!



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