In my Sunday column I described how the state Revenue Department had revoked the sales tax permit for Margaret Marie Palmer, whose business was the Minnesota Auction House of Foreston. That was all correct, but I learned today that an auction in the same location, with the same phone number, and almost the same name, was very much in business. This was the place selling the garden statues, the trombone, etc. that I referred to.

The Auction House of Foreston is alive and well, owner Sheila Geist told me. She used to work with Palmer, but no longer does, and doesn’t know how to reach her. I had left a message on Geist’s phone last week, but she did not return the call. She explained that she has gotten so many calls from the tax authorities and others looking for Palmer that she doesn’t bother. Nevertheless, she wanted to get the word out that despite what I had written, no one should confuse Palmer’s former business, the Minnesota Auction House of Foreston, with her enterprise, the Auction House of Foreston. I told her I would alert Whistleblower readers about this fact. And so I have.

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