They are coming soon to a mailbox near you, St Tammany Parish property tax bills. WDSU 6 News. Take cover, watchout, beware. Muuuaaaaahhhhhhhahahahahahaha!!!!! (insert evil laugh). These bills are late bloomers, but pack a punch, I have no doubt.

Any problems with the assessment of your property tax bills in St Tammany you can go to the St Tammany Parish Assessor's Official Website as a starting point.

If you have any trouble with your property tax bill you need to contact the St Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office – Tax Division or email questions to PropertyTax@stpso.com. This includes trouble paying the bill or the question, What happens if I do not pay my bill? The Sheriff's Office will sell your property at the annual tax sale and you will then have three years to redeem the property. After that you can pretty much waive goodbye to it. It could cost you a good bit of money to get it back at that point, because someone else is now on title and you would then have to buy them out to get the property back. 

I don't want to go into too much detail about the property tax sales because I already have a post with some information at St Tammany Talks Property Tax. As well I can email a list of some of the LA State Laws concerning Property Tax Sales and notify you of the next upcoming sale if you visit www.StTammanyTaxSale.com.

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Marc Pellettiere

marcp@scogginproperties.com

A computer virus has infected the St Tammany Parish Clerk of Court's computers and the system has been shut down until the problem is resolved. The Times Picayune and NOLA.com

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Marc 

Check this out. A casino in St Tammany Parish. WDSU.com Channel 6 News. In Slidell. I think it would have to be. It would never fly in Mandeville.

I do not like casinos. I moved to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in 1991 about 3 months before the big vote to allow casinos. I was there when the first casinos moved into Gulfport and Biloxi. I was also there for alot of the construction as the larger casinos moved in and real estate was renovated. Hotels, condominiums, etc. All of this is good, what I abhor about casinos is the wanton waste of money. Casinos are there for people to throw away money, plain and simple.

If it were just the entertainment side of gambling I would not see it so bad, a group of guys getting around and playing poker or bourre'. Hell I might bring the kids. But gambling can take hold of people and get their blood up making them do things they would not normally do. There is a story we tell about foreclosure sales, though not exactly like gambling the desire to win is the same. A man pulls a dollar out of his pocket and auctions it off. The bidding gets to over $20.00 before people come to their senses. Do not let the excitement get the better of you. It will only cost you money. 

Take that excitement and add in all the free alcohol you can consume. Please. This is legal? You have got to be kidding. I want to own one. Candy from a baby is what I call it. Fleecing. You are not even making it a level playing field. The house always wins. Sometimes I have dreams I am an American Indian. Blackfoot I think…

Why not a new Pontchartrain Beach? A couple of safe rides for the kids, a boardwalk with shops and restaurants along the shore over looking the water. I would rather see something like that than a casino. Just my opinion, and you know how opinions are like ughrum! (clearing of throat) everybody's got one and most of them stink. My $.02.

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Marc

The St Tammany Assessor, Patricia Schwartz Core, and the St Tammany Council, Board of Assessment Review, disagree on property tax re-assessments. The Times Picayune and NOLA.com

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Marc 

Due to the large number of St Tammany Parish property tax assessment appeals, tax bills will be mailed late this year. WDSU.com

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Marc

Just an FYI for anyone out there traveling the area. The Time Picayune and NOLA.com

Interstate 12 lane closures planned near Covington due to interchange construction.

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Marc