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Man pays off $14K property tax bill with dollar bills, coins
Nobody likes paying bills, especially ones that total $14,000. Larry Gasper of Redding, Calif., paid his substantial property tax bill without the use of a checkbook.
Gasper fell into hard times several years back. "I had to borrow some money. I've missed a few payments on my home to pay for my taxes for this piece of property. My grandkids' piggy banks, my daughters' piggy banks, my money, my change, and a lot of people have offered to help a bit," Gasper explained.
Gasper loaded up all that help—in the form of coins and $1 bills—into the back of his car and delivered it (with the help of a wheelbarrow) to his county tax collector's office.
In a wonderful understatement,KRCR-TV that it took the tax collectors "a while to count." Probably not as long as it took Gasper to roll those pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters.
Gasper fell into hard times several years back. "I had to borrow some money. I've missed a few payments on my home to pay for my taxes for this piece of property. My grandkids' piggy banks, my daughters' piggy banks, my money, my change, and a lot of people have offered to help a bit," Gasper explained.
Gasper loaded up all that help—in the form of coins and $1 bills—into the back of his car and delivered it (with the help of a wheelbarrow) to his county tax collector's office.
In a wonderful understatement,KRCR-TV that it took the tax collectors "a while to count." Probably not as long as it took Gasper to roll those pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters.