Say Anything Blog

Frequent visitors to my Blog, Tom's Nap Room may recall a story of an 81 year old woman who forgot to pay a tax bill of $572 to her Dauphin County, Pennsylvania local government. The Government foreclosed on her 41 acre property and farmhouse and sold to a developer who intended to put 41 or so single family houses on that same land.

I contended that Dauphin County did this so to gain more revenue. You see 41 homes bring more revenue than a single house on 41 acres.

Well, it appears that there are nice people in the world.



From The Harrisburg Patriot News

Helene Shue has lived on her 41-acre farm near Hershey for 50 years, and it is where she wants to spend her remaining days.

Last night, the 89-year-old widow learned that she will get her wish.

Shue's land and home in South Hanover Twp. was sold at a tax sale in September because of $572 in unpaid taxes from 2001. She had paid her taxes in full every other year, including this year.

Philip Dobson of Middle Paxton Twp. paid $15,000 for the land on Route 39. But he met yesterday with Shue's nephew, John Arndt, and agreed to give back the land. The county has agreed to reimburse Dobson.



I guess there are good people in the world. It also shows the power of alternative media like talk radio, the WWW, and cable news. This was covered a lot in the blogsphere and was mentioned by Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.

Would this have turned out happily if alll we had were CBS, ABC, and NBC?