Polygamist sect in Utah may face eviction over $2.2 million tax bill
By Jennifer Dobner Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge has approved a plan to use threats of eviction to wring $2.2 million in back taxes out of a polygamist sect on the Utah-Arizona border.
Third District Judge Denise Lindberg last week ruled that a court-appointed accountant can threaten eviction to try to get residents of the border towns of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Ariz., to pay up.
The United Effort Plan communal land trust was once run by Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Utah took control of the trust in 2005 and appointed Salt Lake City accountant Bruce Wisan as its manager amid allegations of mismanagement by Jeffs.
The FLDS has largely refused to cooperate with Wisan. That includes refusing to pay property taxes directly to him and instead paying county authorities directly.
Polygamist sect may face eviction over $2.2 million tax bill
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.