Miscarriage of Justice: Three (3) Tax Lien Certificates Filed Public Comment from Thomas Pernice Aimee Brunckhorst
From: Thomas J. Pernice <tjpern33@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2024 8:57 PM
To: akrantz@flathead.mt.gov; taxcontactus@flathead.mt.gov
Cc: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment;Johnna Preble; Aimee Brunckhorst; Doug Russell;
Doug Russell
Subject: EXTERNAL Miscarriage of Justice: Three (3) Tax Lien Certificates Filed
Attachments: Tax Liens Filathead County Proof of Timely Payment.docx
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1. Tax Lien Certificate#: 233090, Assessor#: 0600850, Tax Year: 2023, Amount $2.00
2. Tax Lien Certificate#: 234751, Assessor#: 0983395, Tax Year: 2023, Amount: $116.19
3. Tax Lien Certificate#: 234751, Assessor#: 0983395, Tax Year: 2023, Amount: $116.19
Property Address: 15405 North Fork Rd., Polebridge, MT 59928
Permanent Address (September - May): 795 Distant Drums Rd., Sedona, AZ 86336
Dear Ms. Krantz,
Upon returning to my permanent residence in Arizona today, August 31, 2024, after staying at my
cabin in Polebridge since June 21, 2024, 1 am apoplectic to find in my stack of mail, three (3) Tax
Lien Certificates filed against the two (2) parcels of my Montana home (one for $2.00!). It appears
that two (2) of the Tax Lien Certificates received are identical (see numbers 2 and 3 above).
I paid my taxes on both parcels for the full year in early November, 2023. Attached, please find
copies of the two (2) cancelled checks that posted to your office's account at Glacier Bank on
November 20t", 2023. Please be advised that I received NO supplemental tax bill or other request
for additional money at any time since my full payment in November, 2023. Ms. Krantz, if for some
reason additional money was due, why would you not request it with a simple letter or phone call?
I would have remitted payment in a "New York minute".
It is unconscionable the way your office has handled this matter. To add insult to injury, they
mailed me (or even filed) what I presume are duplicate Tax Lien Certificates. I am not scheduled to
return to Montana until June, 2025. In advance, I would like to schedule an appointment to meet
with you - at your convenience - in July or August, 2025. In the interim, what must be done to
rescind the above Tax Lien Certificates to insure that my property is not in any way encumbered?
Madam, I am not a scofflaw, but you have treated me like one. Please contact me immediately, by
phone, text or email, to redress this injustice. Appreciating your anticipated cooperation, I remain,
Very truly yours,
i
Thomas J. Pernice
(352) 514-4394
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