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  • City gives DNC host committee pass on gas tax (Denver)

    07/22/2008 6:07:24 PM PDT · by tflabo · 9 replies · 257+ views
    Rocky Mountain News ^ | July 22, 2008 | Daniel J. Chacon,
    The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention is using the city's gas pumps to fill up on fuel, avoiding state and federal highway taxes, officials said today. "There's something there that just doesn't seem right to me because, in a sense, you're saying then that the officials who pass the laws are not willing to live by them, and that concerns me," Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz said. The issue came up during the council's weekly meeting with Mayor John Hickenlooper when the Public Works Department requested authorization to be reimbursed by the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee for use of "fueling...