from The Boston Globe

Milton’s treasurer-collector, James McAuliffe, said he has found that applying pressure to the biggest tax offenders works well.

“I published the names in the newspaper of the seven property owners with the largest amounts owed,’’ he said. “We collected the amounts from four, and the other three set up payment plans.’’ The effort lowered the amount outstanding in back taxes from $2.5 million down to $1.6 million, McAuliffe said. (Read the full story here.)