I truly honor the work of Jerry Paffendorf.
What he does not realize is that his queries of civic engagement are futhering my work, and for that, I am humbled.
Another thing he does not realize is that many of these Wayne County Sheriff Property Tax Foreclosure Auctions never took place.
Yes, that is correct.
I used to sit in the auditorium with a list of properties, waiting for the bids, and the properties were never, ever called.
It seems there were "people" who selectively just "acquired" these properties.
Who these "people" were, I cannont definitively say at this time, well, actually I can because I pulled the records.
Kwame Kilpatrick and his crew were handing out prime properties like candy to Halloween kiddies trick o' treating before Janice Winfrey took it upon herself to incoroprate the Detroit Land Bank Authority, just usurping the State Attorney General, rather Mike Cox.
Mikey was busy during that time.
I actually sat in on that hearing in Lansing because I was waiting to hear the orals in the case that came after it on whether or not a social worker can make mental health decisions to terminate parental rights, when they had no medical license, no social worker license, no degree, etc.
The court said they could, but I digress.
Everybody was stealin' in Wayne County, back then.
To further my supposition that some of these "people" like the Detroit Land Bank Authority, just "acquired" the most prime of properties, including Downtown Detroit Commercial Properties, I have provided an order and opinion, below, to one particular case, where the plaintiffs recovered their tax foreclosed properties and were made whole in settlement.
It was such a misfortune that the attorney on the case made such egregious legal procedural errors, as she always does being greedy and stealin', being severly deficient in the areas of ethics and legal acumen.
FUN FACT! Did you know the Hardest Hit Funds were supposed to assist in preventing tax foreclosures?
ANOTHER FUN FACT! Did you know most of those property taxes were already paid?
I wonder what they did with all that money....hmmmm....
Perhaps, we should ask the Bill Clinton.
Or, you could just ask me because I busted them and made them pay me back because the Detroit Land Bank Authority was levying taxes, without any legal authority, when there were no taxes due to a court judgment of quiet title which wiped out any outstanding taxes, then they did not even report the collection of property taxes to Wayne County or the City of Detroit or the IRS because they never incorporated, because they told people to write the check out to Title Source, Inc., so they could cash it because they had no legal instrument of authority to open a bank account, because they never incorporated.
Note that this was a tax refund action #46 out of a batch of 50.
Did I mention that the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated?
Just wanted to make sure I informed everyone that the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated, because they never incorporated.
The following FOIA was posted on Facebook from Jerry Paffendorf:
This will make most of your eyes more than glaze over, but posting it here for the interested. I submitted another FOIA request to the Wayne County Treasurer's office, this time asking about the history of loans it has made to Detroit and other Wayne County communities to cover their uncollected property taxes back to 1972, along with how much it ultimately made or lost on each of these loans (including the results of the tax auctions).
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| Wayne County Mortgage & Deed Fraud Unit Fathead |
What he does not realize is that his queries of civic engagement are futhering my work, and for that, I am humbled.
Another thing he does not realize is that many of these Wayne County Sheriff Property Tax Foreclosure Auctions never took place.
Yes, that is correct.
I used to sit in the auditorium with a list of properties, waiting for the bids, and the properties were never, ever called.
It seems there were "people" who selectively just "acquired" these properties.
Who these "people" were, I cannont definitively say at this time, well, actually I can because I pulled the records.
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| Wayne County Mortgage & Deed Fraud Unit Awards |
Mikey was busy during that time.
I actually sat in on that hearing in Lansing because I was waiting to hear the orals in the case that came after it on whether or not a social worker can make mental health decisions to terminate parental rights, when they had no medical license, no social worker license, no degree, etc.
The court said they could, but I digress.
Everybody was stealin' in Wayne County, back then.
To further my supposition that some of these "people" like the Detroit Land Bank Authority, just "acquired" the most prime of properties, including Downtown Detroit Commercial Properties, I have provided an order and opinion, below, to one particular case, where the plaintiffs recovered their tax foreclosed properties and were made whole in settlement.
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| "But we did pay our property taxes?" |
FUN FACT! Did you know the Hardest Hit Funds were supposed to assist in preventing tax foreclosures?
ANOTHER FUN FACT! Did you know most of those property taxes were already paid?
I wonder what they did with all that money....hmmmm....
Perhaps, we should ask the Bill Clinton.
Or, you could just ask me because I busted them and made them pay me back because the Detroit Land Bank Authority was levying taxes, without any legal authority, when there were no taxes due to a court judgment of quiet title which wiped out any outstanding taxes, then they did not even report the collection of property taxes to Wayne County or the City of Detroit or the IRS because they never incorporated, because they told people to write the check out to Title Source, Inc., so they could cash it because they had no legal instrument of authority to open a bank account, because they never incorporated.
Michigan Wayne County Treasurer Tax Adjustment & Refund of Fraudulent Detroit Land Bank Authority Tax Levy... by Beverly Tran on Scribd
Note that this was a tax refund action #46 out of a batch of 50.
Did I mention that the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated?
Just wanted to make sure I informed everyone that the Detroit Land Bank Authority never incorporated, because they never incorporated.
The following FOIA was posted on Facebook from Jerry Paffendorf:
This will make most of your eyes more than glaze over, but posting it here for the interested. I submitted another FOIA request to the Wayne County Treasurer's office, this time asking about the history of loans it has made to Detroit and other Wayne County communities to cover their uncollected property taxes back to 1972, along with how much it ultimately made or lost on each of these loans (including the results of the tax auctions).
There's been a lot of talk about how lucrative or not it's been to be the property tax debt collector and tax foreclosure auctioneer, but no good, hard, official data. Hopefully this solves that problem...
Freedom of Information Act Request for the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office;
Submitted 2/20/2018
Submitted 2/20/2018
Good morning, XXXXXX!
Below are 6 related FOIA requests for the Wayne County Treasurer’s office (they are also attached as a PDF if that's easier). They all cover similar information related to the Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund program and loans that the Wayne County Treasurer’s office made to Detroit and Wayne County communities to cover their uncollected property taxes over the years. I have divided it into six parts for ease of research and delivery.
Please let me know if you have any questions by replying or calling me at XXX-XXX-XXXX.
Thank you very much as always! Happy late winter… it’s basically almost-almost Spring! (Thank goodness.)
Jerry Paffendorf
Request #1:
By year, from 1972 - 1998 — the year Michigan first allowed for the Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund through the year before Public Act 123 and the tax foreclosure auction process started — how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office lend to the City of Detroit to cover property taxes that Detroit did not collect? How much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately collect on each year’s loan, including any deficit or surplus? If you can break out the amount attributable to penalties, fees, and interest versus the principle, please do.
Common language example of what should be deducible from the data provided (using random numbers): In 1990 the Wayne County Treasurer’s office loaned Detroit $7 million to cover Detroit’s uncollected 1989 property taxes. The Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately recouped $8 million on that particular loan through all means of collection. $2 million of that came from penalties, fees, and interest.
Request #2:
By year, from 1972 - 1998, how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office lend to all Wayne County communities combined to cover property taxes that the communities did not collect? How much of that money did Wayne County ultimately collect on each year’s loans, including any deficit or surplus? If you can break out the amount attributable to penalties, fees, and interest versus the principle, please do.
Common language example of what should be deducible from the data provided (using random numbers): In 1990 the Wayne County Treasurer’s office loaned all Wayne County communities a combined $17 million to cover the combined uncollected 1989 property taxes of all Wayne County communities. The Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately recouped $18 million on these loans through all means of collection. $5 million of that came from penalties, fees, and interest.
Request #3:
By year, from 1999 - 2018 — the years during which Public Act 123 and the tax foreclosure auction process have been in existence — how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office lend to the City of Detroit to cover property taxes that Detroit did not collect? How much of that money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately collect on each year’s loans, including any deficit or surplus? If you can break out the amount attributable to penalties, fees, and interest versus the principle, please do.
Common language example of what should be deducible from the data provided (using random numbers): In 2002 the Wayne County Treasurer’s office loaned Detroit $11 million to cover Detroit’s uncollected 2001 property taxes. The Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately recouped $13 million on that particular loan through all means of collection, including the tax foreclosure auction. $5 million of that came from penalties, fees, and interest.
Request #4:
By year, from 1999 - 2018 — the years under under which Public Act 123 and the tax foreclosure auction have been in existence — how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office lend to all Wayne County communities combined to cover property taxes that the communities did not collect? How much of that money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately collect on each year’s loans, including any deficit or surplus? If you can break out the amount attributable to penalties, fees, and interest versus the principle, please do.
Common language example of what should be deducible from the data provided (using random numbers): In 2000 the Wayne County Treasurer’s office loaned all Wayne County communities a combined $27 million to cover the combined uncollected 1999 property taxes of all Wayne County communities. The Wayne County Treasurer’s office ultimately recouped $32 million on these loans through all means of collection, including the tax foreclosure auction. $5 million of that came from penalties, fees, and interest.
Request #5:
By year, from 2002 - 2017, how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office seek to recoup on all Detroit properties in each tax foreclosure auction (the combined opening bids of all Detroit properties in Round 1 of the auction)? By year, how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office generate from all Detroit properties in each tax foreclosure auction (the total combined sales of all Detroit properties in Round 1 and Round 2), including any deficit or surplus? If you can break out the amount attributable to penalties, fees, and interest versus the principle, please do.
Common language example of what should be deducible from the data provided (using random numbers): In 2002 the Wayne County Treasurer’s office attempted to recoup $8 million from the auctioning of tax foreclosed Detroit properties, and ultimately generated $8 million. $2 million of what it attempted to recoup was for penalties, fees, and interest.
Request #6:
By year, from 2002 - 2017, how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office seek to recoup on all Wayne County properties in each tax foreclosure auction (the combined opening bids of all Wayne County properties in Round 1 of the auction)? By year, how much money did the Wayne County Treasurer’s office generate from from all Wayne County properties in each tax foreclosure auction (the total combined sales of all Wayne County properties in Round 1 and Round 2), including any deficit or surplus? If you can break out the amount attributable to penalties, fees, and interest versus the principle, please do.
Common language example of what should be deducible from the data provided (using random numbers): In 2002 the Wayne County Treasurer’s office attempted to recoup $8 million from the auctioning of all tax foreclosed properties in all Wayne County communities, and ultimately recouped $8 million. $2 million of what it attempted to recoup was for penalties, fees, and interest.
Thank you very much! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Jerry Paffendorf
I cannot wait to see how Wayne County is going to respond to this FOIA.
This should be quite the colorful response.
This should be quite the colorful response.
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