Council’s Move Next
The Auckland District Court has ruled that the Council is free to apply at the High Court to sell activist Penny Bright’s house to collect the Rates arrears going back to 2008.
From Radio NZ
House can be sold over unpaid rates
Updated at 6:38 pm on 24 October 2014
Penny Bright.
The one-time mayoral candidate and self-styled anti-corruption campaigner owes $33,000 after not paying rates since 2008.
Ms Bright has long declared her refusal to pay rates, saying the council is declining to disclose financial information which she has requested.
She went to the Auckland District Court asking for a stay on an earlier judgment allowing the Council to sell her half-million dollar home.
In his decision Judge Simon Menzies said Ms Bright’s position is that she refuses to meet her rates payments, not that she is unable to.
And he said her argument that the council should reveal how it spends its money has no bearing on the court’s jurisdiction.
Auckland Council can now ask the High Court to go ahead with a sale process.
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Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/257740/house-can-be-sold-over-unpaid-rates
So the ball is back in Auckland Council’s court. That said CEO Stephen Town said he was not seeking a sale just yet as noted here: Penny Bright Not Going to Lose Her Home – Yet
The Saga continues
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