Have you ever thought that you were paying to much in property taxes? Wanted to do something about it?
Well Cary Malchow of Muncie, IN answered yes to both of those questions. After receiving a tax bill that he thought was unusually high, he took action.
Saying,
he wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill when he hauled $12,656.07 in coins and $1 bills to the county treasurer's office.
Malchow is not new to tax protests
"I did it so people can physically see what $12,000 is," said Malchow, who has staged other recent protests to draw attention to Indiana's property tax increases.
Delaware County Treasurer Warren Beebe said, It took 75 minutes to count out the cash. Which also pissed off customers who had to wait in line behind him, according to Beebe.
Not only that, but the protest cost the county some income.
Malchow's protest prevented the office from making its daily bank deposit, costing the county an estimated $1,135.90 in interest that would have otherwise accrued overnight, Beebe said.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/5054960.html
so what point did he make?
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