I know that if I were a resident of Denver, CO. that I would be wanting to recall whomever made this decision
The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has used the city’s gas pumps to fill up and apparently avoided paying state and federal fuel taxes.
The practice, which began four months ago, may have ended hours after its disclosure. An aide to Mayor John Hickenlooper released a statement Tuesday evening saying that Denver 2008 Host Committee members would pay market prices for fuel and would also be liable for all applicable taxes.
However, Public Works spokeswoman Christine Downs told City Council members just hours before that host committee members were fueling up at the city pumps. The city does not pay taxes on the fuel for its fleet, and Downs said the host committee would not either.
The disclosure brought immediate scrutiny. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said the practice “would seem” to be illegal and referred the matter to the state Department of Revenue.
Which will hopefully get some restitution of back taxes.
Seeing as how the Democrats are always stating, very publicaly I might add, that any tax break “costs the government money”, they should actually be made to pay double fines.
This from the party that wants to raise gas taxes to cover declining revenue, tax oil company “windfall” profits and fine people for driving “gas guzzlers”.
The party that wants support from the poor. Their making me poor, but supporting them was not my first thought.
Whoops. “they’re” not “their”. Budweiser spell checker running hot, straight and normal.