Mass. woman's 1 cent debt paid in full
ATTLEBORO, Mass. - A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled.
People from across the country called Attleboro City Hall on Tuesday offering to pay the 1 cent balance owed by Eileen Wilbur for an overdue water and sewer bill.
Antonio Viveiros, a former city councilor who does not know Wilbur, wrote a check for one penny. He says he was "irked" by the fact that the federal government can spend billions for bailouts, yet a senior citizen was threatened with a lien on her home over 1 cent.
Wilbur's daughter first noticed the letter that warned of a lien and a $48 penalty if the overdue bill was not paid by Dec. 10.
Mayor Kevin Dumas says the whole situation was blown out of proportion.
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wonder how many notices got sent... the mayor should fire whoever sent that bill... if it's less than postage then why not pay it through the city
instead of spending 40 times the bill??? cost the city money in an atempt to get this bill to dec. so they can collect more.. nice try though
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