Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill

A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill. It isn't just that Phil Kazanji's bill is so low.

[AHAB]

A simple phone call couldn't work to solve this? This is what happens when government officials do not have problem-solving skills but just go 'by the book'. What an idiot you are, Mr. Gajda!

[reader]

I'd bet it is all automated. Bills are printed and stuffed into envelopes and pre-printed envelope labels are attached.

[just like michigan]

I tell you, that state is in worse condition then MN!
Their mayor is scum.

[Paul]

Eh. It would probably cost more than $5.21 in staff time to pull this one particular bill and call the guy. Just another sensationalist news story with no real point.

[Ms V]

Um, the state of Michigan has a governor and I wasn't aware the the mayor of Brighton (30+ miles NW of Detroit) was a scum. Now, the mayor of Detroit is another matter entirely...

[Drunkoncouch]

And some people want government run health care! This is the type of efficiency we'll get. Social Security eats up 79% in administration cost to dole out the other 21%.

[ABC]

That’s nothing Direct TV sent me an invoice for 3 years after I discontinued service saying they owed me .39 cents