Bay Creek Pays Part of Back Taxes Owed to Town
By KAREN JOLLY DAVIS
Cape Charles Wave
August 29, 2012
Bay Creek LLC and Baymark Construction have paid $43,616 in back taxes to Cape Charles, according to Town Treasurer Kim Coates. Before the payment, the two companies owed $60,762.
Bay Creek LLC paid $18,350 for 19 lots, and owes the balance for 94 more lots, said Coates.
Baymark Construction paid $25,266 for 39 lots, with balances due on 15 more.
“There was never any intent to avoid them,” said Bay Creek spokesman Oral Lambert.
The Wave’s July 31 story on delinquent Town taxpayers may be read here: http://capecharleswave.com/2012/07/some-of-towns-biggest-landowners-owe-back-taxes/
A related August 16 story on delinquent County taxpayers may be read here: http://capecharleswave.com/2012/08/northampton-county-to-tax-delinquents-pay-up-or-else/
Perhaps the citizens of Cape Charles can stop patronizing anything Bay Creek owns (golf, restaurant, marina) to send a clear message: We’ll come back when you are all paid up.
The way the citizens of Bay Creek have treated Old School Cape Charles, coming in totally uninformed about the community center and screaming about their taxes going up, when in reality our taxes have gone up because of Bay Creek, you can believe I will never support any of their business again.
You are generalizing about Bay Creek property owners, assuming that they share a uniform agenda when, in fact, they don’t. If you choose not to patronize Bay Creek businesses, it would make barely a dent in their revenue; if they choose to retaliate and not patronize businesses in the Historic District, then expect Mason Avenue to flounder. Furthermore, paying taxes late usually indicates hardship rather than disregard, and late penalties mean more revenue for the county/town. Enough Bay Creekers have sustained significant losses or have lost their investments – time to give them a break and ease off on erecting barriers that go beyond the fence.