Editor,

William Goetz’s property tax situation was reported by the South Whidbey Record in its Saturday Jan. 31 edition. I would like to clarify some of the quotations attributed to me in that article.

I thought that I had corrected a misstatement when speaking with reporter Janis Reid on this subject, but apparently I did not make my intent clear. Where the article states “title company,” it should be “mortgage company.” Mr. Goetz’s mortgage company probably did a routine check on tax records and saw the outstanding bill. It was his mortgage company that extracted the amount automatically from his account. What happens next is between Mr. Goetz and his mortgage company.

The title company was not involved in the withdrawal of funds from his account. I apologize for the misunderstanding.

WANDA GRONE

Island County treasurer