Sunday, June 26, 2005
Florida Downie Party: Broke But Still Dead
Hilarity of hilarities: the Florida Downie Party, stocked top to bottom with the richest set of elitist snobs and liberal assholes one can try to accumulate in one excrement-filled room, is broke and is $900,000 in the hole – and is now being sacked with an IRS lien:
Florida Democratic Party Faces IRS Lien; $900,000 Shortage
Too funny. Can we say that again? Too funny.
Hilarity of hilarities: the Florida Downie Party, stocked top to bottom with the richest set of elitist snobs and liberal assholes one can try to accumulate in one excrement-filled room, is broke and is $900,000 in the hole – and is now being sacked with an IRS lien:
Florida Democratic Party Faces IRS Lien; $900,000 Shortage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Broke and without enough money in the bank to pay its bills after the end of the month, the Florida Democratic Party has now been slapped with a lien by the Internal Revenue Service for failing to pay payroll and Social Security taxes in 2003.
The state party's budget and finance committee voted Tuesday to ask for a new audit to account for more than $900,000 it believes somehow disappeared from the books during the 2003-2004 calendar years when the party was led by Scott Maddox, who is now seeking its nomination for governor.
Maddox and successor Karen Thurman, who became the party's new chairwoman just last month, did not immediately return phone messages asking for comment on the findings.
While the party owes roughly $200,000 in delinquent payroll and Social Security taxes, the lien was against the remaining $98,000 in their account on Friday, longtime Leon County committeeman Jon Ausman said.
Ausman said it cost about $250,000 a month to pay salaries and overhead for the party operation in Tallahassee and that it had been spending more so far this year than it has raised.
Too funny. Can we say that again? Too funny.
