PHILIPSBURG--A lien was placed Tuesday on the parliament salary of National Alliance (NA) Parliamentarian Louie Laviest for non-payment of more than US $50,000 to Rolling Systems for shutters, doors and windows that were installed in his house in 2005 when he was serving as a commissioner.
Rolling Systems Attorney Cor Merx, when contacted about the case, confirmed that the court had granted the lien. He also confirmed that no payment had been made since the lien was placed. Merx declined to go further into the matter, saying it was in the hands of the court.
When contacted by this newspaper, Laveist said his legal troubles in recent years were well known and he had a choice between paying his legal fees and Rolling Systems. He also said that he would be resolving the payment issue with the company and had hopes that all would be resolved by month end.
From information gathered by this newspaper, Laveist ordered hurricane shutters, doors and windows from Rolling System at a cost totalling US $38,687, but never made any payment, despite payment arrangements with the company.
After sending several payment reminders to Laveist, Rolling System, in a letter dated May 22, 2007, informed him that the company had "no other alternative" than to demand full payment plus the interest fee of 19 per cent that went into effect on May 1. At that time, the new balance owed by Laveist was US $46,037.53 that had to be paid within three working days of the date of the letter.
Since May 2007, the monthly interest fee has been charged to Laveist's account.
Also in May 2007, the company informed Laveist that it would take legal action against him for non-payment if the account wasn't settled.
At the time of the May letter, Laveist's legal troubles had not yet started. It was in October 2008 that Laveist was confronted with criminal charges.
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