Lynn,
Welcome to Susan's! Thank you for the story! I smelled a rat earlier on the allegations against Sue Stanton. I seen this before by people using the race, religious, political correctness and even the gay card against officials trying to enforce the laws. Some of these people had their reputations and careers ruined by such action, even though they were exonerated by the higher officials and even the press.
Looks like the owner of The Cottage was looking at a tax default action and was looking for a way to bail out. We have a lot of tax defaults lately in my city and they are published biannually in a special section in my local paper. The owner of The Cottage will have to grin and bear it like everyone else!
Joelene.