“City of Keene” memo indicates plan to steal 12 homes

Three months after the Keene city council voted to steal 4 homes for not paying property taxes in 2005, they’re at it again; this time, preparing to steal 12 homes for unpaid property taxes from 2006. According to a memo in tonight’s city council meeting agenda, “the City would take deed to properties with unpaid taxes for the 2006 tax year or earlier” on November 12, 2009.

The city can choose to not steal a property if “taking deed to the property would for any other reason be contrary to the public interest”, according to the memo. Do you think it’s in the public interest to steal the liberty and property of peaceful people?

The memo is on page 43 of tonight’s city council agenda. We’re discussing the issue on the Free Keene forum here.

It’s funny; the enforcement agency of the City of Keene says this in its statement of ethics:

We will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do.

If the police choose to enforce the City of Keene’s home thefts, I for one will be reporting an ethics violation.