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So a bunch of really wealthy people are grinding because someone might charge them for something they add for free for years ? I'm sure the majority of them ea

• randyrand 9y ago
  I think the issue is that someone can by the street you live on with no notice from the government
  • blackguardx 9y ago
    They didn't pay property taxes for 30 years. People have had land sold out from under them with much less notice. In Colorado, there is a recent get-rich-quick scheme of buying deeds to trailers when the owners fail to pay their taxes. The tax bill is often less than $1000, accrued over 5 years or so. The trailers' owners have the same excuses: they didn't get the tax bill. Many people come out to defend this system because "the law is the law." Before we spend too much energy being outraged about this street serving the upper crust, I think we should fix this problem for people at the margins of society.
    • randyrand 9y ago
      Why not fix this issue for everyone? And stop being over-the-moon because this happened to rich people? If your taxes are not being paid correctly, you should be notified. Your home street shouldn't just be put up for sale and sold to the highest bidder without your knowledge.
      • mikeash 9y ago
        How much effort should go into the notification? The city repeatedly sent bills to their registered address.
        • randyrand 9y ago
          When there is filming on a street in LA, every home on that street gets a notice in the mail. I imagine a similar system here would make sense.
          • mikeash 9y ago
            I assume those are public streets, though. For a private street, notifying the owner ought to suffice.
            • randyrand 9y ago
              No, private streets too. Every address that is affected by it gets notified. It makes sense. mailing people is not very hard, and they likely want to know.
      • blackguardx 9y ago
        I agree. Lets fix it for everybody. I wish more people with your point of view would comment when it happens to marginalized people, though.
        • randyrand 9y ago
          I don't see anyone commenting in zealous joy when it happens to poor people. So at least there's that. Either its okay for everyone, or okay for no one. It's hypocritical otherwise, and gives us little moral footing to stand on. Sure, maybe its true rich people usually do this to poor people. But it's different rich people. Being happy because some rich people are getting screwed over because other rich people are assholes is incredibly stupid.
      • pm24601 9y ago
        Because it won't be ... it will be fixed for rich folks, never middle class people.
  • sitkack 9y ago
    For anyone to own the street on which they live does not get my sympathy. Welcome to being in the public sphere now.