Suburban Station to be renamed Verizon Station?

[Quinn]

From the article (linked here):

Was the City supposed to be collecting taxes? In retrospect, Maier said, “I guess.”

Could the City have demanded payment? “Probably,” Maier said.

Sounds like the City really dropped the ball after winning, in appeals, the case to get SEPTA to pay. Amazing that they never collected. I wonder if they will try to get a piece of naming revenue, as Launcher suggests.

[CComMack]

Anyone who follows property news in the city of Philadelphia knows that property tax collection and enforcement can be... desultory, at best. This is only one symptom of a much larger pattern of negligence from the city's Revenue Department.

[loufah]

I find it astonishing that, even after the state supreme court said "SEPTA property leased to commercial tenants is not immune from taxation.”, we still have

According to SEPTA General Manager Joe Casey, SEPTA had a responsibility to taxpayers and riders to dispute the tax bill. He noted that the funds in dispute were used to maintain public transit services.

Does that mean SEPTA can try to avoid paying anybody it owes money to, simply by claiming the money they have on hand is needed to maintain the system?

[4400Washboard]

I find it astonishing that, even after the state supreme court said "SEPTA property leased to commercial tenants is not immune from taxation.”, we still have

According to SEPTA General Manager Joe Casey, SEPTA had a responsibility to taxpayers and riders to dispute the tax bill. He noted that the funds in dispute were used to maintain public transit services.

Does that mean SEPTA can try to avoid paying anybody it owes money to, simply by claiming the money they have on hand is needed to maintain the system?

Well they better have a pretty damn way to use it

[Clearfield]

Are we getting off topic?