A Summit Daily News article titled “Dillon official suggests buying unpaid tax debt on former Uptown 240 project while Porritt says town didn’t send developer a bill” on Oct. 23 stated, “The developer of the Waterview Residences in Dillon said he did not know of unpaid 2024 property taxes until a council member floated the idea of purchasing the unpaid taxes in a tax lien sale.” 

This also happened to me. As the owner of two small condos in Dillon, I diligently paid my taxes every year since 1991. Easy records to check. However, this year, I did not receive a tax bill (a great  reminder that I owe them). My first and only notice was a delinquent letter saying my taxes would be listed on a tax lien sale. I am a snowbird and live in my condo during the summer, easy to find and notify. My delinquent letter was sent to my Tucson address. Thank God I came back in time to see it and immediately wired the taxes to the treasurer.  

I am suggesting that if property taxes are not paid, there may be a good reason i.e. didn’t get the bill, sickness, out of the country, or just being a snowbird. Please give the owner another chance before the drastic move of selling their taxes to just another investor.  If it happened to me and developer Jake Porritt, how many others on the tax lien sale would have been honestly paid?