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Hart ruling may come today

Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, was in a Coeur d’Alene courtroom Tuesday attempting to appeal a state Board of Tax Appeals decision rejecting his state income tax appeal. The state Tax Commission has ordered Hart to pay $53,523 in back state income taxes, penalties and interest. First District Court Judge John Mitchell took the case under advisement and said he may rule as early as today.

Hart heads to court over back state taxes

Hart heads to court over back state taxes

Hart Lands Transportation Vice Chair

Hart Lands Transportation Vice Chair

House Ethics Committee sets Dec. 13 meeting on Hart

House Ethics Committee sets Dec. 13 meeting on Hart

Denney Appoints Hart Ethics Panel

Denney Appoints Hart Ethics Panel

Denney names ethics panel on Hart

Denney names ethics panel on Hart

Phil Hart R’s Fail To Bounce Roetter

Phil Hart R’s Fail To Bounce Roetter

Huckleberries: Monster theories squished

Last Monday began with a mystery on Strahorn Road near Lacey, a section that begins an uphill climb. Where a female driver reported that she saw something that looked like a monkey dead on the road. Later, an officer of some sort reported from the scene to the 911 dispatch center that he’d removed the strange animal. I posted all of this, of course, on my Huckleberries Online Scanner Traffic. One of my blog commenters, tongue firmly cheeked, suggested that the creature could be the chupcabra – a legendary animal that preys on goats and other livestock.

Boundary County R’s (Heart) Hart

Boundary County R’s (Heart) Hart

Hart Splits District 1 Republicans, Too

Hart Splits District 1 Republicans, Too

Eye on Boise: Campaigning begins for leadership elections

BOISE – Now that the election is over, for state lawmakers, the elections are coming. That would be the leadership elections, set for early December when the state Legislature gathers for its organizational session in advance of its 2011 session in January.

Trillhaase: Hart Undermines Denney

Trillhaase: Hart Undermines Denney

J-Mac: I Pay While Phil Hart Skates

J-Mac: I Pay While Phil Hart Skates

Some Solons Oppose Anderson Move

Some Solons Oppose Anderson Move

Hart pulled from tax panel

Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday that he’s removing embattled Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, from the House Revenue and Taxation Committee for the next two years and that he’ll convene a new ethics committee to look into Hart’s conduct. Hart, a tax protester who’s locked in a fight with the state Tax Commission over back state income taxes, also owes thousands on an outstanding judgment over a 1996 timber theft from state school endowment lands.

Hart’s Oct. 29 Letter To Denney

Hart’s Oct. 29 Letter To Denney

Denney: Hart one of ‘hardest-working’ reps; Hart decries ‘over-reach’ of tax laws

Denney: Hart one of ‘hardest-working’ reps; Hart decries ‘over-reach’ of tax laws

Roberts: ‘Glad to see the speaker take action’

Roberts: ‘Glad to see the speaker take action’

House ethics vice-chair questions why Hart removal from tax panel took so long

House ethics vice-chair questions why Hart removal from tax panel took so long

Jaquet: Hart Ouster Took Too Long

Jaquet: Hart Ouster Took Too Long