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Posted: 7:46 AM Aug 28, 2010
33,000-Penny Property Tax Payment Refused
Washington A businessman who tried to pay a property tax bill with 33,000 pennies got turned down by a county treasurer in Washington state, who said she didn't have the staff to count them.
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A businessman who tried to pay a property tax bill with 33,000 pennies got turned down by a county treasurer in Washington state, who said she didn't have the staff to count them.
Ron Spears told the Ellensburg Daily Record he rolled buckets of the coins into the Kittitas County treasurer's office Tuesday to protest the fines he incurred by failing to pay a $34 bill that was due in April.
Spears owns Spears Interiors in Cle Elum and also serves on the city council. He says his business is struggling and he didn't have the money at the time.
When Treasurer Deanna Panattoni refused to accept the pennies,
Spears agreed to pay in a more conventional manner.
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Posted by: Linda
Location: Lincoln
on Sep 2, 2010 at 04:27 PM
I did that one time with the electric bill I asked them to wait 3 day for their money and they refused and shut off the lights, I got the money and went to the bank cashed it in for pennies and took it to them they had to accept it. Took them awhile to count however
Posted by: MDH
Location: Nebraska
on Aug 31, 2010 at 09:37 AM
That's bull! Currency is currency.
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