If you can take another story about a schlub who can't make good on a financial arrangement they entered into of their own free will and is turned into a sympathic figure by the press, you'll certainly love this story.
Seems Ms. Pat Hill entered into a 10-year season ticket package with the Redskins in 2007. Two years later she can't make good on the deal and the Redskins were going after her for $66K. Ms. Hill is a realtor who fell upon hard times when the housing market tanked. I'm sure that popular opinion will render a verdict of Dan Snyder: Villian/Pat Hill: Victim. A couple thoughts here-
1. The housing market didn't start to see problems in 2007. Perhaps Ms. Hill should have anticipated that she'd have trouble making the $5300 annual payment to the Redskins two years ago. If this were the last year of her contract, it'd be a different story.
2. I don't understand why people who weigh 400 pounds don't pause and take notice when they see 300 whizzing by them on the bathroom scale. I also don't understand how someone wouldn't explore all the pitfalls when entering into 10-year contract...at AGE 72.
But Ms. Hill's story has a happy ending for her. After the Post broadcast her sad plight earlier in the week, the 'Skins have decided to back off. And she is still hopeful that the Redskins' attorney will offer her some tickets this season. I would advise her not to hold her breath.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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You conservatives give me a pain. Have you not one iota of sympathy and understanding for those who fall upon hard times? Why I'll bet you can’t even commiserate with Congressman Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y for his forgetfulness on his personal taxes as he wrote legislation to cover your taxes.
But thankfully there is a remedy in the works for that.
GOP Congressman Intros 'Rangel Rule,' Eliminating IRS Late Fees
The Texas Republican introduced a bill Wednesday to eliminate all IRS penalties and interest for paying taxes past due.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/28/gop-congressman-intros-rangel-rule-eliminating-irs-late-fees/
Smoothfur - I think the right thing to do with Rangel is to offer him a new cabinet post. He has all the qualifications of most of the other Obama picks.
And Sally, I missed the part about her poundage, but if true, perhaps the Skins are counting on making up the difference on hot dog sales where she'll have to pay up front for the product.
That any person calling himself an American sides with this pitiful excuse for adult personal responsibility makes me wonder where I was the day we excised that concept from our national psyche. Working probably.
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