TAX SHOWDOWN: Huie and press last week.

  • TAX SHOWDOWN: Huie and press last week. (Photo by Brian Chilson)

We’ve written a couple of times — here and also here — about a publicity stunt by Pulaski and Saline County tax collectors — Debra Buckner and Joy Ballard, respectively — to stage a media event over collection of $900 in business personal property taxes said to be owed in Saline County by Dizzy’s, a Little Rock restaurant that moved in late 2009 from Benton.

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Dizzy’s owner Darla Huie wasn’t happy then and the more she’s thought about it the less happy she’s become. She’s written the following statement (including a call for the resignation of Buckner and Ballard) to friends, neighbors and other businesses (UPDATE: Buckner has compiled of file of documents explaining and defending her actions):

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