Once again, from the Rocky Mountain News:
The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention is using the city's gas pumps to fill up on fuel, avoiding state and federal highway taxes, officials said today.
"There's something there that just doesn't seem right to me because, in a sense, you're saying then that the officials who pass the laws are not willing to live by them, and that concerns me," Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz said.
The issue came up during the council's weekly meeting with Mayor John Hickenlooper when the Public Works Department requested authorization to be reimbursed by the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee for use of "fueling facilities, fuel and car washes."
A few months ago, John McCain suggested a "gas tax holiday" for the summer. Barack Obama called it a "gimmick." The DNC host committee is enjoying their gimmicky gas tax holiday to be sure.
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2 comments:
Welcome to the world of the Democrats my friend. As long as they are benefitting everything is fine but when it is time to share the wealth "Houston we have a problem." They are nothing less than "a bunch of hogs" feeding at the taxpayer's troughs and unashamedly I might add.
I can assure you where Obama and I live, Cook County, Illinois, the Democrats are fair, honest, and evenhanded. Pols, their families, their cronies never get special breaks.
Tony Rezko is getting a bad rap.
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