Foolocracy’s “Fool of the Week” award goes to Attleboro, Massachusetts’ City Collector Deborah Marcoccio who defended a one-cent threat of a lien against a 74-year-old blind resident.
The bill for one cent was mailed with the threat, that if not paid, it would become a $48 lien. The bill was for a 2007-8 utility bill that [...]

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In Attleboro, Massachusetts, the city is threatening a 74-year-old blind woman with a lien on her house because she owes 1 cent on a 2007-2008 utility bill.
Eileen Wilbur’s daughter opened her mail and told her the city threatened a lien on her house, and the 1 cent bill would increase to $48 if not paid [...]

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