[il-talk] Fw: Article from Chicago Tribune News 2013 11 01

Thu Nov 7 19:40:27 UTC 2013

Then pass it on.

RH

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On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 4:52 PM, Pittman Enterprises & Associates <pittmanenterprises at att.net> wrote:

I  agree. This is a terrible situation.
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>How can people be so unkind.
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>Here is a sad, but unfortunate article  from the Chicago Tribune, about a
>blind woman.
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>Subject: Article from Chicago Tribune News 2013 11 01
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>Blind woman faces abrupt eviction \ Home's land sold for $43 after church 
>doesn't pay taxes. By Carlos Sadovi, Tribune reporter; WGN-TV contributed.. 
>A blind woman is facing eviction from her northwest Indiana home of 55 years
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>after the land it sits on was bought at a tax sale for $43 without her 
>knowledge. . She got screwed on this bad," said Lake County Treasurer John 
>Petalas. The new owner has filed eviction papers in court and, in the 
>meantime, is charging Dolores Pittman, 67, $300 a month to remain in the 
>house in Cedar Lake, about 50 miles from Chicago. She has been paying that 
>amount since May but it's a hardship, she said. Previously she had been 
>paying $10 a year to the town to rent the land. If I had money, I'd just 
>say, 'To hell with it,' and go off someplace," said Pittman, a former 
>librarian. An attorney is looking into the matter but has told her it 
>doesn't look good, she said. Pittman said she moved into the home with her 
>parents when she
>was 12. It was four days before Christmas, and my little brother was 4. And 
>we moved in during a snowstorm and the first thing I put up was the 
>Christmas tree because it was important that Santa knew where to come," 
>Pittman said. It was security that we had a house. My mother said she just 
>wanted a house that she knew she could die in. At first, her parents rented 
>the home from a Lake County, Ind., church, the Lake Region Christian 
>Assembly, which used the land as a retreat. The home -- but not the land --
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>was sold to her family for about $16,000 in the late 1970s or early 1980s, 
>she said. The family paid a $10 annual rental fee to the town of Cedar Lake,
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>which they believed had acquired the property from the church, she said. But
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>over the years, the church claimed to still own the property. The church did
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>not pay property taxes. (The church) just didn't pay the taxes, I never got 
>a notice," she said. All the time they (the town) were saying they owned
>the property. I was paying rent to the town. Pittman said she was never told
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>that the dispute was eventually settled in the church's favor, and she 
>continued paying the $10 to the town. About three years ago, the land was 
>sold at a tax sale for $43. Pittman said she was never notified by 
>officials. Petalas, the Lake County treasurer, said the church had conveyed 
>land to the town but not -- it turned out -- the property underneath the 
>home. The land underneath the home was still owned by the church. Until 
>2005, the church was not responsible for paying property taxes because it 
>had a not-for-profit status, he said. Then changes in state law removed such
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>status from vacant property and the church was issued tax bills, he said. 
>But the church never paid them. So in 2009, the land went to a county 
>commissioner sale and (it was bought)," Petalas said. They (the church) just
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>ignored it. Cedar Lake's town manager, Ian Nicolini, could not explain why 
>the town
>still collected a rental fee from Pittman when it no longer laid claim to 
>the property. He declined further comment on the tax sale, saying the town 
>is being sued by the person who bought the land. The owner could not be 
>reached for comment. Nicolini said officials have been working to "make the 
>transition" comfortable for Pittman. While she appreciates people who want 
>to help her, Pittman said through tears that she doesn't want to leave her 
>home: "I want to know, am I going to be in here on Christmas or am I going 
>to be out? ---------- csadovi at tribune.com This article is provided to you as
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