By Patric Hedlund, TME

Lebec resident Raul Gomez is warm and secure in his own home of 37 years for this Christmas season, due to the concern of caring neighbors, an elf, two Santa’s helpers and the Kern County Board of Supervisors.

Neighbor Dennis Penna and Attorney Olaf Landsgaard (who represents residents of Neenach and Lebec from his office in Rosamond) had a warm-hearted story to tell this week.

In March 2017 the county tax collector ran a notice in…

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Raul Gomez, with Missy, Bogie and neighbor Dennis Penna in front of the Lebec home that Gomez has lived in for 37 years. In the Christmas spirit, neighbors helped Gomez reclaim his home this month from a tax sale.

Santa’s elf David Fluhart appeared at the Kern County Board of Supervisors tax hearing to ask them to do the right thing, and then wished them a ‘Merry Christmas’

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This is part of the December 22, 2017 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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