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MrTarzan 
Group: Members
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Posted on: Mar. 16 2004,10:11 pm |
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Marge and Paul should be fired for publicly announcing their intent to break a federal law, if not prosecuted as well. 
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Be not simply good, be good for something-Henry David Thoreau
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Liberal
Group: Moderator
Posts: 11451
Joined: Aug. 2003
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Posted on: Mar. 16 2004,11:34 pm |
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I started wondering how many times Paul had done something like this in the past. So I searched the old council minutes and came up with this from last July.
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City Manager Sparks reported that the Chamber of Commerce is requesting that the City provide financial support for the Strategic Planning Process to be entered into by the community. He suggested that the project be financed from the Revolving Loan Fund and the $5000 balance of the Wal-Mart grant to the City for economic development. He noted that funding provided for the process would then be given back to the City to reimburse its initial outlay.
Steven Waldoff, 77444 180th Street, requested Council financial support in the amount of $40,000 to the process.
Tony Trow, 522 Park Avenue, explained that he is excited about this process and believes that the money coming in should not be used to repay the Revolving Fund. Mr. Sparks responded that the City must include a mechanism for repayment of the funds.
After Council discussion, Councilor Marin moved, Councilor Brooks seconded, that Resolution 03-143, authorizing financial support for the Strategic Planning Process, be approved. Mayor Eaton added that the process will be called Albert Lea Listens. On roll call vote, all Councilors voted in favor of said motion. Mayor Eaton declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted.
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Sure looks like Albert Lea Listens is just another phoney name created to get around the law. I wonder if they've payed this money back yet or if there are any plans to.
You really have to wonder why our council didn't ask a few basic questions like. What's in this for the taxpayers? Why are we subsidizing a private lobbying group? What guarantee does the city have that the dummy coporation will pay us back? Of course we know why they didn't ask the questions, it's because puppet master Paul said "Here's what is on the agenda and here's how I think you should vote." and the lackeys all fell in line.
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The people are masters of both Congress and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it!
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MrTarzan
Group: Members
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Posted on: Mar. 17 2004,12:02 am |
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Criminals.
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Be not simply good, be good for something-Henry David Thoreau
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Nose for News
Group: Members
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2004,10:21 am |
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Past Chamber President Not Above Law
Past President of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Lobbying Business Owner Indicted
Posted on Thu, Mar. 18, 2004
Former Sen. Borden charged with failure to file income tax
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - Former state Sen. Winston Borden was charged with failure to file income tax returns for three consecutive years.
Borden, a St. Paul attorney who also served as president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of failure to file income tax returns, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
According to the indictment, Borden had an income in excess of $100,000 and failed to file a return for 1997, 1998 or 1999.
Borden issued released a statement acknowledging his failure to file and apologizing.
"Obviously, I knew I was obligated to file and that I would be caught," Borden said in the statement. "To say that I don't understand my own behavior is simply the truth. For anyone with a tax problem, I would encourage them to get advice now. Admittedly, I have been unable to take my own advice."
Borden, 60, was a DFL state senator from 1970 to 1979, when he left as an assistant majority leader. He took the job with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerceand built a reputation as a strident advocate for tax relief and cost-cutting measures for business at the State Capitol. He left the chamber in 1979 and developed a lobbying business.
If convicted, he faces a maximum of a year in prison and-or a $100,000 fine on each count.
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