Tax issues of Rep. Hilda Solis' husband reported
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-El Monte) seemed to be in good shape to be Labor secretary. But new revelations today about her husband's finances might cause a wrinkle. Obama administration officials told USA Today that Solis' husband has repaid $6,400 to settle tax liens that go back 16 years. Details:
The disclosure came shortly before a 2 p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which is scheduled to vote on Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as labor secretary. Los Angeles County records showed 15 outstanding state and county tax liens against Sam Sayyad and his auto repair business, totaling $7,630. Two other liens worth $981 were released in 1999 after Sayyad repaid the taxes owed, according to county records. Solis' financial disclosures list Sayyad's business, Sam's Foreign and Domestic Auto Center, as one of the couple's main assets, worth between $50,000 and $100,000. The disclosure form Solis filed after her nomination also lists bank accounts containing between $250,000 and $500,000.
EDITOR'S PICKS:
You couldn't even write a TV show with this much weird drama. There is apparently something inherent in liberals when it comes to paying taxes, or else Obama just has a propensity for picking tax cheats. It's one or the other.
Posted by: savvydude | February 05, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Democrats have no problem raising taxes because they pay no taxes!!!!! LOL
Posted by: Ron | February 05, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Way to go Democrats, 8 years of Bush lies, crimes and mismanagement and it has only taken you a couple weeks to turn the public against you!
Posted by: peter | February 05, 2009 at 05:49 PM