We were only gone from Kansas City for about five years so
the changes here haven’t been tremendous. Some have been surprising—areas that
got really built up or buildings that got torn down, businesses that changed
hands or just disappeared, those kinds of things. So it’s still really familiar
here, mostly.
Yesterday I called to make an appointment with the
accountant we’d used while living here. Turns out he is no longer with that
practice. I found that odd since he was the only owner as far as I knew. After
I made the appointment, I asked the receptionist if he’d retired. “No,” she
said. I waited, thinking she would add more information but she didn’t.
After I got off the phone, I turned to Google and learned
that my accountant had been charged and convicted of two counts of federal tax
fraud. He’s been in prison since 2010 serving a four year sentence.
I guess it wasn’t big news in KC then, which is a little
surprising. He had a large practice, something like 4,000 clients, but all I
found online were a couple of short articles.
This change is the one that’s made me feel like we were gone
a really long time.
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