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March 12, 2009

THURSDAY'S WEIRD NEWS March 12, 2009

• Delinquent taxpayer confronts Philly mayor on TV



PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The mayor of Philadelphia drew some special attention when he named three lawyers he said owed more than $350,000 combined in back taxes, interest and penalties.

Mayor Michael Nutter held a news conference Wednesday on the sidewalk in front of the lawyers’ offices, a 2-minute walk from City Hall. He said if they don’t pay by April 2 their business assets will be seized and sold by the sheriff.

He seemed surprised when one of the lawyers confronted him.

In front of a camera for WCAU-TV, attorney Robert Gamburg said he was trying to work out a payment plan. He asked Nutter why he and the other two lawyers were being singled out from all the thousands of delinquent taxpayers.

The mayor said to Gamburg, “Pay your taxes and everything will be fine.”







• NH town elects surveyor as newbie police chief



ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) — The newly elected police chief in one New Hampshire town is eager to get to work, but first he has to graduate from the police academy.

Tony Randall is a licensed surveyor who on Tuesday was elected the top cop in Ashland, a rural community of about 2,000 residents.

He’s never worked in law enforcement but says his experience running a business and dealing with people will help him police the town about 40 miles north of Concord. He plans to attend the police academy starting in September and has six months to graduate or town officials will appoint someone else as chief.

Randall defeated two other candidates, both of whom have worked as police officers. His police department has about 12 members.



• 89-year-old in kid football flap drops lawsuit



BLUE ASH, Ohio (AP) — An 89-year-old Ohio woman arrested for refusing to return a neighbor kid’s football has dropped her lawsuit against the boy’s parents.

Edna Jester’s attorney filed to drop the lawsuit on Monday. She had sued her next-door neighbors in December, claiming she suffered emotional distress because footballs and other playthings belonging to them keep landing in her yard in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash.

In October, Jester confiscated the neighbor boy’s football and wouldn’t give it back. She was taken to a police station charged with petty theft. The prosecutor later dropped the case.

The lawsuit had sought unspecified monetary damages from neighbors Paul and Kelly Tanis. The family could not be reached for comment.



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