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BEAVERCREEK — Greene County Commission candidate Marilyn Reid says her financial disclosure forms mistakenly list her as a shareholder in Wallaby's Inc., a defunct corporation the county is suing for three years' worth of back taxes.

"I don't have any interest in the company," Reid said June 18.

Yet financial disclosure forms filed with the Ohio Ethics Commission in 2006, 2007 and 2008 show Reid said she was a shareholder of the former Beavercreek restaurant and bar and did business under the corporation name.

Reid, who claims she sold her last shares in Wallaby's about 18 months ago, said she mistakenly copied forms from previous years in her disclosure.

"I'm wrong in having reported it that way," she said.

Greene County Treasurer James Schmidt is suing Wallaby's for $91,570 in property taxes. The lawsuit seeks to foreclose on the 10,500-square-foot building at 2434 Esquire Drive.

Tony Peh, Wallaby's president, said the business stopped paying taxes when it became unprofitable a few years ago. No payments have been made since 2005, county records show.

"Two years ago everyone lost interest in it when it was clear it wasn't a viable company," Peh said. "I heard Marilyn sold her shares."

After beating five other Republicans in March, she hopes to be re-elected to the county commission. She lost to Alan Anderson in a 2006 primary.

Reid also lost a 1998 primary battle to Steve Austria when she was state representative.