GERMANTOWN, WI [ JG ] Imagine my surprise when I went to pay my tax bill that:
a) I was actually paying my tax bill; and
b) the Village of Germantown’s address is downtown Milwaukee:
I know there’s probably a reason that the treasurer, whose office I can nearly see from my roof (I get up there a lot around tax time) wants me to mail my check some twenty miles away from Germantown so that, presumably, somebody can go get it and bring it BACK.
Not a GOOD reason, mind you, but a reason. A government reason.
Of course, the person who goes to Milwaukee to bring my check back is probably a civil servant, and they likely get paid from the tax base for their service. Which is why I have to cut a check. Which is why we need to pay somebody to go and get it.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 dad29 // Dec 23, 2008 at 10:45 am
That’s Tom Barrett’s personal PO Box!
More seriously, it’s a Bank-held pobox, meaning that the money gets to the Bank a lot sooner than if the Germantown treasure takes it there on his horse-drawn carriage.
2 Chris from Racine // Dec 23, 2008 at 11:19 am
We have the same issue for our 2nd half taxes in Caledonia – gotta mail them to MKE
3 The Asian Badger // Dec 23, 2008 at 11:49 am
Bank lock box address most likely.
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