Agreed.

NFW any lawyer makes the statement"if you don't pay it will go away".

That's simply BS created by your "friend".

Just about any moron knows that you NEVER get out from paying a municipality.

I have my own personal disdain for one specific municipality this week as it managed to extract $1500. from me for the failure to file for a rental permit.l

That's painful..........no matter how you cut it.