The taxes weren't paid for five years. During that time, all kinds of warnings were mailed and served on that property and apparently they were ignored.
I'm not on the government's side, but neither am I on the side of an irresponsible property owner.
Yeah -the Founders would be rolling over in their graves if they knew that a person’s bought and paid for property could be confiscated for not paying taxes for the ‘privilege’ of owning something...