That Paper Up River, Just Doesn't Get It

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A state official warned that withholding property taxes, even in protest, isn't penalty-free.
Mike Rogers, supervisor of municipal services at Maine Revenue Services, said eventual repercussions include interest owed on the amount not paid and, eight months out, a notice of an impending lien on the property.

"It's very bad advice on (Cote's) part," Rogers said.

Why add this in.  It is meaningless.    Everybody knows that if, you don't or can't pay your taxes,  there is a charge of interest applied after the due date.  Then it goes it's course and if the tax bill is still unpaid a lien is used as a tool to secure the property for the unpaid tax bill.

There is no penalty for not paying because of a "protest" as that Up River paper implies.  Once again, the 'lamestream' media source passes an inaccurate message.

Withholding money for six months, as in not paying your tax bill, will financially collapse Lisbon.  Something like this has an immediate and drastic effect, particularly at a time when Lisbon's administration has bumbled everything so terribly in these tough economic times.  Something Councilor Cote has been battling, since he was elected by the highest recorded vote for a candidate in Lisbon's history.