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I AM APPALLED! APPALLED ASHAMED AND DISGUSTED! APPALLED at the treatment ivan is getting at the hands of his local government ASHAMED that no one else has even commented on ivan's situation DISGUSTED that such a situation could be allowed to exist As the song says: "we learned our government must be stromg it's alewsys right and never wrong our leaders are the finest men - and we elect themm agnin and again.......NOT!!!!! How can they claim that Ivan had that money - it clearly went to pay for the house. If the money was there, then the house couldnt be there, and there wold be nothing to tax! and vice versa, if the house is there, then the money cant be there.... Q E D this is an example of man's inhumanity to man. Do any of yeu know what it is like to be foreclosed. I do.My husband deserved it. But did I? Or my three small children? In our case there was a reason - my husband, unknowan to me , hadnt been paying the mortgage. And even then he staved off the final judgement for two years. And we were talking about significant amounts of money - in the tens of thousands - that we owed. In Ivan's case we are talling about $ 1400! If every member of this list sent one dollar, he'd have 400 left over for living expenses. No, i'm not asking you to send any cash, , because a i dont believe in soliciting money like that b i dont think the City of Portlazd has the righit to the money. i merely quote those figures to try and make real to you how little it really is that he owes - they say - and yet how unatttainable. And it seems that justice is just as unattailable. in some states, ivan would not be required to pay property taxes - his disability status would ensre him of that. but the main point here is, they are basin their claim on a su of money that exists pureesly in their imaginiiation. beause if that money exists, thesn the house doesnt. In which case - there is nothing to tax. So, city of prtland - take your choice - you cant have it both ways! hilary blue Ivan M Suzman wrote: > > Dear Nita, bob, Camilla, and LIST: > > Briefly ( I am too tired to type more): > > 1) After an arduous battle, 129,00 dollars was finally released by > Acadia Insurance Co. to me, > for damages from an August, 1996 fire that destroyed my home and > posssessions,. It was sent > via attorney Chuck Harvey, in February, 1997. > > 2) THe CIty of Portland's lawyers are claiming NOW that this 1996 > fire-damage insurance > payment makes me financially ineligible for assistance from the City now, > in 1999!! They claim > that I had money from the settlement as late as recently, and throughout > the applicable period > the Maine Human RIghts Commission is considering, which is October , 1997 > - May 1998, during > which time I am claiming discrimination. > > 3) Despite what the City's lawyers just claimed on Oct. 20th, > ALL $129,000.00 was used up by me by July, 1997. I kept it all in a > separate > checking account so I would not lose my Medicaid. Medicaid allows very > limited > cash assets. I think it is $2,000 (two thousand dollars) or less. > > It was used the insurance money as follows: > > a) Eleven or twelve checks to pay contractor KenToner $112,000 to rebuild > and re-fit my home. All payments were completed by late July or early > August, 1997. > b) LaPierre Furniturture and Appliances about $3500 during April, May > and June 1997 > for fridge, dishwahser, washing macahine and kitchen > range and oven; to buy some furniture, and kitchen items-like microwave > oven, > I ran out long before I could get clothes , like a winter coat, and so > forth. > c)It was also used to pay rent for 7 months at Back > Cove Estates, from Dec. 1996 - June 1997, (about $5000) while I waited > for my burned > home to be rebuilt from the foundation at $730/month, plus 2 months' > security deposit. > d) What was left went to long-distance calls and gasoline and various > living > expenses for the 11 months I was homeless(about $7,000) > The city 's entire aragumeant is falsely based on my supposedly having > plenty of > money--in fact, I never replaced many, many things, still don't even have > curtains, > for example. > > My current bank balance is $147.00. > Tonight the certified mail aautomatic foreclosure notice > for back taxes and interest arrived. Dec 17 is the foreclosure > date. It is for ab out 1400 dollars. > > The Human Rights COmmission vote is on Dec. 13th. > > Ivan Suzman > :-)