Blind Woman Threatened Home Foreclosure Over 1 Cent Bill

When I saw this story, I was in disbelief. Eileen Wilbur,74,  a Wisconsin born blind woman, was alerted by her daughter that she had an overdue bill of 1 cent. If she did not pay it on time, it would result in a $48 penalty.  The 1 cent of her water bill, was from the previous fiscal year of July 2007-2008. 

Yet months later this woman is in danger of having a lien placed on her home. Although the woman and her family are outraged that the 1 cent was not included in the original bill long before, they most likely will end up paying it.  Thousands of these bills were printed and sent out in the same fashion, and the water authority seems unconcerned. Clearly the 1 cent must be an oversight or error, but should this elderly blind woman have to be the one to pay for it in $ or a result of foreclosure?What do you think?

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/11/18/national/a061940S82.DTL