I feel so bad for them, and small businesses who jump through hoops just to eek out paying the bills and prolonging the inevitable.

What's even more awful are the businesses that had to close their doors because there was no way to operate.

But the state, local and by extension, the federal government, still want their property taxes though. Imagine a government that tells you this is your property and all this infrastructure around it that protects it, powers it and supplies it costs money so you have to pay for that.

Then imagine a government that prevents you from using it AND doesn't provide that infrastructure but still wants to be paid as if it does.