Rusche Won’t Ask Hart To Quit Tax Panel
RE: Rep. Hart faces nearly $300K in new IRS liens/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise
House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, told IdahoReporter.com
that he won’t call on Rep. Phil Hart, R-Hayden Lake, to resign from the
House Revenue and Taxation Committee following a revelation by a writer
from the Spokesman Review that the IRS had filled more than
$300,000 in liens on Hart’s property for failure to pay taxes. Rusche, attending his party’s state convention in Worley, said that
though he wouldn’t call for Hart to resign from the committee, on which
Rusche also sits, he isn’t entirely comfortable with it. ”I see
significant problems in someone with those kind of problems helping to
craft tax policy for the state,” Rusche said. He said the he feels that
constituents in Hart’s district deserve proper representation and he is
unsure if Hart can provide that/Dustin Hurst, Idaho Reporter. More here. (Idaho Reporter Photo: John Rusche during 2010 legislative session)
Question: Should someone with Hart's long-standing problem w/paying federal taxes be allowed to continue to serve on the House Revenue & Taxation Committee?