Dear Editor,
Last Wednesday, July 9, 2014, on TVJ's nightly news I heard the Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew Angela Brown Burke addressing the issue of unpaid property taxes.
She said that, according to the
law, if someone rents a place and the property tax is in arrears then the assets of the tenant can be seized. Can this really be true?
I have always thought that property taxes is the responsibility of owners. I just cannot see the logic or justice in the mayor's statement.
She then proceeded to make another statement that had me doubting the evidence of my senses. But I checked and others also heard this.
She proclaimed that, if you visit a friend whose property tax is in arrears, and you park "your nice BMW" outside, you could emerge to find your — the visitor's — car has been seized. How can this possibly be legal? Am I the only one who finds this very disturbing? I hope someone can tell me that I really heard that one incorrectly.
M Bailey
St Andrew
mbala@cwjamaica.com
Did Mayor Brown Burke misspeak?
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Last Wednesday, July 9, 2014, on TVJ's nightly news I heard the Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew Angela Brown Burke addressing the issue of unpaid property taxes.
She said that, according to the
law, if someone rents a place and the property tax is in arrears then the assets of the tenant can be seized. Can this really be true?
I have always thought that property taxes is the responsibility of owners. I just cannot see the logic or justice in the mayor's statement.
She then proceeded to make another statement that had me doubting the evidence of my senses. But I checked and others also heard this.
She proclaimed that, if you visit a friend whose property tax is in arrears, and you park "your nice BMW" outside, you could emerge to find your — the visitor's — car has been seized. How can this possibly be legal? Am I the only one who finds this very disturbing? I hope someone can tell me that I really heard that one incorrectly.
M Bailey
St Andrew
mbala@cwjamaica.com
Did Mayor Brown Burke misspeak?
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