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| Mike Rugg of The Bigfoot Discovery Museum |
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Part Two
Bigfoot museum founder, behind on taxes, hopes attendance volition rise; county sets June 29 deadline
By JONDI GUMZ - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Posted: 06/09/2012 01:03:18 PM PDT
Updated: 06/09/2012 01:17:20 PM PDT
FELTON - Michael Rugg, possessor of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum at 5497 Highway 9, was surprised to larn the county had laid a deadline of June 29 for him to pay dorsum taxes of $4,368 or encounter the belongings sold at auction.
He idea he had to a greater extent than time.
After 7 years of functioning as well as gaining local as well as international recognition, the museum sees xxx to threescore people a twenty-four hours inward the summer.
Rugg says alone instantly is he seeing revenue, as well as he had hoped a contact from a Hollywood producer could plough his Felton Bigfoot storey into a reality goggle box show. Meanwhile, a balloon payment on a loan he took out earlier the economic scheme crashed volition come upwardly due side past times side year.
"Maybe people volition rally as well as aid us," Rugg said, noting the museum is opened upwardly xi a.m. to vi p.m. every twenty-four hours precisely Tuesday.
The county taxation collector's constituent posted a legal notice inward the Sentinel Tuesday alarm a dozen commercial belongings owners to pay dorsum taxes or laid a payment invention past times June 29 to avoid a taxation sale. Delinquent taxes from 2008-09 live on past times $600,000, according to the taxation office, which was closed Fri for furloughs.
Motel Santa Cruz owes the most inward dorsum taxes, $224,945, according to the county. Owner Manuben Patel has been reorganizing her debts inward federal bankruptcy court. Last October, her attorney W. Austin Cooper said Motel Santa Cruz "is a feasible belongings as well as operating well."
The Brookdale Inn as well as Spa inward Brookdale owes $141,106, according to the county. The historic lodging identify closed inward Apr later on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. unopen off the power.
Soquel Main Street Village, a express liability enterprise based inward Watsonville, owes $74,613 for belongings at 2590 S. Main St., Soquel, according to the county. Formerly the site of a nursery, Le Thu's Asian Art Emporium operates at that spot instantly as well as a human tending the trace of piece of job concern Tuesday did non stimulate got whatever data virtually the old taxation bill.
Ladis Pasillas said his identify unit of measurement is making payments on a taxation pecker of $33,634 for Pasillas Tire inward Freedom.
"They desire us to maintain operating as well as then they conk paid," he said.
Thomas Connolly, possessor of Plant Works at 7945 Highway ix inward Ben Lomond, said he is next the damage of a Chapter xiii reorganization as well as making monthly payments on dorsum taxes. The county says he owes $8,010.
"It's a trace of piece of job concern I've owned 35 years," Connolly said. "I'm hanging inward hither to pay it off."
Three Santa Cruz trace of piece of job concern owners owing taxes are no longer inward operation.
The county says Marcelo Muzquiz owes $45,698 for 1520 Mission St., Santa Cruz, formerly habitation to Marcelo's restaurant.
Andy's BP, at 2003 Mission St., Santa Cruz, is closed. The county says owners Andy as well as Zaiba Saberi owe $11,396.
La Esperanza Market at 2-1400 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, is closed. The county says possessor Cristal Vazquez owes $33,634.
La Esperanza Market at 345 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, also is shuttered. The county says owners Javier as well as Emilia Vazquez stimulate got unpaid taxes dating to 2007 totaling $42,138.
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