It's funny -- or maybe not so funny -- that in a city that has such a perplexing problem with collecting property taxes that Mayor Mike Duggan's campaign chairman hasn't paid taxes in two years.
Taxes are estimated at $10,700 a year.
Christine MacDonald of the Detroit News reports that Conrad Mallett, a former state Supreme Court Justice who is now a DMC executive, hasn’t paid taxes on his Palmer Woods mansion because the city considers it religious property, records show.
Seems that he bought the 7,600-square-foot brick Tudor from prominent pastor the Rev. Jim Holley in 2012 for $320,000 and didn’t file the required paperwork informing the city of the July 2012 sale. Holley declared it a parsonage, which made it a tax exempt.
MacDonald writes that Mallett said he’s ready to pay up. and notified the city of Detroit last month when he discovered the error.
Interestingly, Mallett blames his real estate agent for failing to file the proper paperwork. He also said he thought his mortgage holder, Comerica, was paying the taxes through an escrow account. -- Allan Lengel
