Sunday, November 22, 2009
Politicians - Missouri State Rep. Hope Whitehead
What kind of a message does this send?
Doesn't anyone pay taxes before they get caught?
Whatever happened to good citizenship?...
Doesn't anyone pay taxes before they get caught?
Whatever happened to good citizenship?...
Jake Wagman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports:
"A day before she clinched the nomination to fill a vacancy in the Missouri House of Representatives on Saturday, St. Louis Democrat Hope Whitehead paid a visit to City Hall.
Not to mobilize supporters, but to pay hundreds of dollars in outstanding taxes.
Her trip downtown was more than just civic duty. Under state law, candidates with overdue tax bills are ineligible for the ballot."
