Tax bill for zoo land nearly delinquent
Your window of opportunity to be part owner of a zoo is fast closing.
A fumbling of property tax payments on land under the Naples Zoo created a situation that could have allowed someone to step up, pay the delinquent amount and in turn receive a lien on the property.
The situation was so dicey that Collier County Manager Jim Mudd on Tuesday asked commissioners for permission to pay the roughly $150,000 in unpaid taxes with county money — essentially the county paying taxes to itself — in order to avoid further complications.