Investigating NEPA

IN THE NEWS At WNEP-TV, our story on a company offering to get seniors property tax and rent rebates, was one of the more important warnings I’ve been a part of in three decades of television.  There are too many scams out there to mention, and we have to trust most viewers are smart enough to know they didn’t win a lottery they never entered, nor will they get help from a Nigerian Prince willing to share millions if they help him smuggle money out of the country. But the mailer from a group called the “Seniors Advisory Council” needed to be told, even though this business is legal.  Here’s how the sales pitch works.  Seniors are asked to pay $39 to the “council” for the group to fill out the form that gets them a rebate on their property tax or rent under a Pennsylvania tax break for those over 62.  Problem is, any social service agency, or state lawmaker’s office in the Keystone State can arrange for these people to get the form done FOR FREE !!!! The group neve...