Kevyn Orr's tax liens remain unpaid
The Montgomery County Circuit Court office still shows Kevyn Orr's tax liens are unpaid.
I'M HANK WINCHESTER. BACK TO YOU. HANK WINCHESTER, BACK TO YOU. Carmen: IT'S NOT A GREAT START FOR DETROIT'S NEW EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER. HE OWES BACK TAXES IN HIS HOME STATE. AND LOCAL 4 NEWS TONIGHT HAS LEARNED THE BILLS REMAIN UNPAID. LET'S GET TO BUSINESS EDITOR ROD MELONI, HE JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON THE MONEY MISTAKES. SOMEONE HAS EXPLAINING TO DO. Rod: THEY'RE EXPLAINING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. I GOT OFF THE PHONE AT 4:30 WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN MARYLAND. AND WE HAD THEM CHECK THE RECORDS ON KEVYN ORR'S HOME TO SEE IF TAX LIENS HAVE BEEN PAID AND THEY HAVE NOT. EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER KEVYN ORR HAS FOUND TROUBLE, HE MESSED UP WITH NOT PAYING TAXES ON CHILD CARE FOR TWO CHILDREN AND ENDED UP WITH LIENS ON HIS MARYLAND HOME AND SAID THE BILLS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S SOMETHING WE PREFER NOT HAPPEN. IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON KEVYN'S PART AND HE TOOK CARE OF IT AND IT'S DONE, IT'S CORRECTED, AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND GET TO THE ISSUES THAT COUNT. Rod: YET, IT IS NOT CORRECTED. UFT FOUR LIENS, TWO HAVE BEEN PAID, ONE IN 2010 AND THE OTHER 2011. THE REMAINING TWO ARE NOT PAID AS OF 4 P.M. TODAY. FOR DETROITERS, THIS WAS TROUBLING NEWS. IT'S IRRESPONSIBILITY. YOU TAKE ON THE POSITION OF BEING AN EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER FOR A MAJOR CITY LIKE THIS AND THINGS LIKE YOUR OWN PERSONAL BUSINESS COME OUT AND IT'S NOT GOOD, IT'S POOR MANAGEMENT, AND IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. OF COURSE IT LOOKS BAD FOR DETROIT COMING IN WITH A BILL OF YOUR OWN AND YOU'RE HERE TO HELP US OUT WHEN YOU CAN'T HELP YOURSELF. SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE GET AWAY FROM WHAT REALLY MATTERS. Rod: THE GOVERNOR ADMITTED HIS STAFF COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF VETTING THIS PROBLEM AND SAID IT'S BETWEEN KEVYN ORR'S ACCOUNTANT AND BELIEVES IT'S TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT HASN'T. Carmen: HAS KEVYN ORR RESPONDED AS TO WHY HIS TAXES HAVEN'T BEEN PAID? Rod: THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WOULDN'T TELL US WHERE HE WAS, BUT ON SATURDAY, HE WROTE A CASHIER'S CHECK FOR $16,000 AND HAD IT EXPRESS MAILED TO MARYLAND. AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAID BEFORE WE WENT ON THE AIR HERE THAT KEVYN ORR SAYS THE OFFICE SAYS THEY RECEIVED THE CHECK. AND THE REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT SHOWING THAT THE BILL IS PAID IS BECAUSE THERE'S PROCESSING TIME INVOLVED, AND THEY DIDN'T GET TO IT TODAY.
