Woman upset about $11,075 tax bill pays in singles

[Hum]

DADE CITY, FL ?  An outspoken critic of Pasco County government paid her $11,075.44 tax bill in dollar bills, plus 44 pennies.

The Tampa Tribune reports Julann Roe brought the stash of cash to the county office complex on Monday. Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano says it took several employees more than an hour to count and verify it.

Roe's 41-acre estate in Dade City is valued at $711,447. It includes a 4,014-square-foot home with a covered pool, Jacuzzi and outdoor fireplace. There is also a detached garage and horse stables.

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[stevember]

This just annoys me, it is not the person behind the desks fault and the ones that need to now do the extra work.

They should have made her count it under supervision. lol

[firey]

It was funny when the first couple guys did it.. now it's just people trying to fit in and say "Look what I did".

[spacer]

So why was she angry? Because she owned a huge estate and refused to pay her employees a raise mandated by the state? Did I read that right? What a terribly written article.

 

If I DID interpret the article correctly, what a bitch. 1%'er problems and all that.

[Hum]

A shame most states have propertrty taxes.

 

Is like paying rent for land that you own.

[_dandy_]

It's legal tender, and she knows they have to accept it.  All she's accomplished is wasting everybody's time.  This is where I wished there was a lineup behind her and she got more than a few people upset at her.  If she pays that much in taxes, she can't be hurting.

 

Also, it's not like her taxes are gonna go down as a result of this.  What I wanna know is, is she gonna do that next year too?

[Lizardslap]

At least it was In a managable size 1's at least are light weight after you get them counted and stacked

[rfirth]

So why was she angry? Because she owned a huge estate and refused to pay her employees a raise mandated by the state? Did I read that right? What a terribly written article.

 

If I DID interpret the article correctly, what a bitch. 1%'er problems and all that.

 

 

No, I think she doesn't want to pay the county employees more. She doesn't want to pay for their pay increase (their first pay raise in 5 years).

Ironically, she ended up increasing the amount of money the county needs to pay in wages by wasting their time.

[Tha Bloo Monkee]

Who cares?  They're probably just happy they got paid.  Minor inconvenience to them, at most.

[Rohdekill]

A shame most states have propertrty taxes.

 

Is like paying rent for land that you own.

Uhm... all 50 states have property taxes.  Certain counties in certain states rape the land owners and all high-population areas get hit the hardest.

[xendrome]

A shame most states have propertrty taxes.

 

Is like paying rent for land that you own.

You like having infrastructure, roads, police, fire, medical response? Then you get to pay taxes.

And BTW $750K for a house in Florida is considered a VERY wealthy piece of property. Even the high-end gated communities in Central Florida the houses only run $300k to $500k right now.

If this person wants to live in luxury then she is going to pay her fair share.

I will find the house in a minute so we can all look at it, thanks to Public Record/Sunshine laws.

Edit 1: It's on 41 acres. Here is the property data - http://appraiser.pascogov.com/search/parcel.aspx?parcel=2123260000039000000

Edit 2: Here is the aerial - http://goo.gl/ahJVRI and Birds Eye - http://goo.gl/dA6pLj

[Hum]

^ Invasion of Privacy ;)

[xendrome]

^ Invasion of Privacy ;)

http://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/Main/DC0B20B7DC22B7418525791B006A54E4

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0119/0119ContentsIndex.html&StatuteYear=2012&Title=-%3E2012-%3EChapter%20119

It's called Government in the Sunshine or Sunshine Law. Unless records are statutorily exempt, like on-going investigations, sex crimes, social security numbers, etc. Then it is public record, most states have adopted this or have similar laws in place.

[macrosslover]

You like having infrastructure, roads, police, fire, medical response? Then you get to pay taxes.

And BTW $750K for a house in Florida is considered a VERY wealthy piece of property. Even the high-end gated communities in Central Florida the houses only run $300k to $500k right now.

If this person wants to live in luxury then she is going to pay her fair share.

I will find the house in a minute so we can all look at it, thanks to Public Record/Sunshine laws.

Edit 1: It's on 41 acres. Here is the property data - http://appraiser.pascogov.com/search/parcel.aspx?parcel=2123260000039000000

Edit 2: Here is the aerial - http://goo.gl/ahJVRI and Birds Eye - http://goo.gl/dA6pLj

Is just the fenced in portion the 41 acres or is it the whole swath of land to the street that is the entire 41 acre?

[Atomic Wanderer Chicken]

Taxation is so 1770s :p

I agree property taxes are pointless. The US govt towns gets taxes on so many other things, that they could be fine with it!

[xendrome]

Taxation is so 1770s :p

I agree property taxes are pointless. The US govt gets taxes on so many other things, that they could be fine with it!

Property taxes don't go to the US government, they go to the local county that provides your services to you, road, water, public safety, etc. It is basically their main stream of revenue to keep services functioning.

[Hum]

http://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/Main/DC0B20B7DC22B7418525791B006A54E4

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0119/0119ContentsIndex.html&StatuteYear=2012&Title=-%3E2012-%3EChapter%20119

It's called Government in the Sunshine or Sunshine Law. Unless records are statutorily exempt, like on-going investigations, sex crimes, social security numbers, etc. Then it is public record, most states have adopted this or have similar laws in place.

If someone posted a link to my personal home information, I'd be suing.

[xendrome]

Is just the fenced in portion the 41 acres or is it the whole swath of land to the street that is the entire 41 acre?

See here - http://goo.gl/0oo2GS

They also own this parcel adjacent to it - http://goo.gl/uJepjJ

and this one across the highway - http://goo.gl/lPrgcd

So they are paying taxes on all 3 properties, 1 of which has homestead exemption on, here - http://search.pascotaxes.com/Search/prclmain.aspx?parcel=2623210000039000000

[Atomic Wanderer Chicken]

I think we should scrap the taxes system altogether and do something like dues like in High School. If you don't pay your govt dues, you cant use the library or other things.

[xendrome]

If someone posted a link to my personal home information, I'd be suing.

It's Public Record, so good luck with that, lol. You wouldn't get an attorney to take your case, unless they just wanted your money.

[Growled Member]

I understand her frustration but all she is doing is wasting tax dollars by making the government stop all they are doing and count her money.

[Hum]

^ Some of those government workers were on gossip break anyway. :p

[Gotenks98]

I think we should scrap the taxes system altogether and do something like dues like in High School. If you don't pay your govt dues, you cant use the library or other things.

 

That's essentially what would be the alternative with health insurance if we did not change the health care laws. Someone would find a way to lobby to make it so hospitals don't have to treat you if you don't have insurance. Personally I find it to be a better alternative but many might disagree.

[Sandor]

"Owning land". Interesting concept.

 

Pretty sure it should belong to the country.

[Noir Angel]

Why are people like this always so damn juvenile? They're far bigger leeches than anyone on welfare.