The man charged with fixing Detroit's faltering finances has been hit with four liens in four years from the state of Maryland for unpaid taxes, records show.
| Criminy, can't our leaders do proper background checks anymore? |
State records show Kevyn D. Orr, who was appointed emergency manager on Thursday, has two outstanding liens on his $1 million home in Chevy Chase, Md., for $16,000 in unemployment taxes in 2010 and 2011. Two other liens of more than $16,000 in unemployment and income taxes were satisfied in 2010 and 2011, records show. Orr said he didn't know anything about the liens when shown records of them Friday morning by The Detroit News.
Late afternoon, a spokeswoman for Snyder -- who appointed Orr to the $275,000 per year post Thursday -- said Orr spent the day researching the issue and would pay "in full ASAP." The Washington, D.C., bankruptcy attorney blamed the problems on Turbo Tax an outside accountant hired to file his tax returns, said Sara Wurfel, a Snyder spokeswoman.
Maryland is aggressive about placing liens on property during tax disputes, said Glen Frost, a Columbia, Md., tax attorney.
| Perhaps Mr. Orr will learn two things from this: 1) pay his own taxes on time and 2) use property liens as he cleans up Detroit... |
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