“Shejustshow edup andwalk - ed into the hospital room,” Brit- tan y’ s aun t, Maureen Con- do st a, sa id Tue sday. Missing since Christmas Eve andout of comm unic atio n sinc e January, 16-ye ar-old Brittany Burgess reunited with her fam- ily aft er re la tiv es pub lic ly begged her to return and com- forther mother, whowas sever e- ly inju redby a carwhilewalki ng a bridge over Abraham’s Creek on W estEight h Str eetin W yom - ing. Relatives made a simple ap- peal : “Bri tta ny, ple ase come home, your mother needs you.” Brittany heard them. Glodzikhas remov ed debrisand started cleaning up the property, but the back taxes prevented the city from obt aini ng a clea r titl e The mayor also saidother buyer s hadexpressedin- teres t in the property, but none we re wil ling to pay clos e to the $38,000offered by Glodzik. Leightonhassaidinthepastthat politicaldonationshaveno bearing on city business. The cit y did not publ icly ad ver- tise the property to ensure it ob- tained the highest offer from pro- spectivebuyers.Glodzik, ownerof LAGTow ing,the city’stowingcon- tractor, hasdonated $10 ,400 to city Mayor Tom Leighton’s campaign committ ee since2005. School board members said no to the request once, in part due to publ ic comp lain ts abou t the hand - lingof thesaleto Glo dzik. The city is exp ecte d to appear bef ore the Wi lke s-Ba rre Are a School Board today seekin g for- giv ene ss of mor e than$445,00 0 in back taxes on the property so it won ’t be lis ted in a Sept emb er back-t ax auction. Thecancell atio n maybe rel ated tothecity’sneedfortaxforgiveness on the property. Glodzik III, according to a re- leas e fro m thecity. Wi lke s-Ba rre has res cind ed its controversialsaleoftheformerOld Riv erRoadBaker y pro pert y toLeo A.
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