Posted on 12/10/2005 9:32:59 AM PST by rellimpank
CARSON CITY -- The Las Vegas Monorail will continue to be exempt from paying sales taxes following an 8-0 vote Friday by the state Tax Commission, although one commissioner took shots at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibson for the amount of money he made when he managed the company.
Commissioner George Kelesis questioned why Transit Systems Management received $36 million during the five years it managed the monorail company and why Gibson was paid $200,000 a year as a director.
"Here is the full-time mayor of Henderson, who is a full-time lawyer and who is earning $200,000 attending one meeting a month," Kelesis said.
(Excerpt) Read more at reviewjournal.com ...
---I guess it's peanuts compared to the Colorado "educator" who got a three million dollar severance package though--
This crap has to be stopped.
"But Main Street's still all cracked and broken."
"Sorry Mom, the mob has spoken."
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