Arkansas AG Intervenes in Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District Tax Lawsuit

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,

Kyle Kellams

Published October 28, 2019 at 2:39 PM CDT

Concerned property owners crowd a meeting in Berryville in 2018 to protest a temporary defunct landfill tax assessment.

The Arkansas Attorney General has intervened in a class-action lawsuit challenging a Pulaski District court-ordered property tax collection to reimburse bondholders who invested over $12 million dollars in a failed landfill purchased by Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District.

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Jacqueline Froelich

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