Warren you and I are on the same page here for a nice change but again how do you know the back taxes owed are "pennies". I bet 40% of all taxes owed is more than you think. I bet that 40% uncollected would be enough to hire several "local" police and pay their salaries for a year maybe more.

A public accounting of overdue taxes would answer that question.

How do you know that only the very poor are the ones not paying? What if some of these "back taxes" are owed by people like us that own there, can pay but just don't. I met a local bar/rest. owner last week who said he didn't pay his taxes because the guy he bought from didn't pay so he had to pay the back taxes at sell. He said the next guy who buys from him will just have to do the same.

I don't think a public notice of unpaid taxes will divide the community. And I also don't think there are enough "rich gringos" to pay for all the needed services for the island.

Future full time Belizeans
Tommy & Sonia Blackledge
Magee, MS 601-849-1918