2nd tax lien for Oakland mayor (Ron Dellums): $13,000 for '08 ($239K for 2005-2007)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 22, 2010 | Henry K. Lee

[reaganaut1]

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife, who already have a lien on their property for failing to pay more than $239,000 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, are now facing a second lien for more than $13,000, records show.

Dellums, 73, and his wife, Cynthia, 55, who acts as his unpaid adviser, are named in an IRS lien filed with the Alameda County recorder's office Dec. 23 in the amount of $13,638.

The lien, which says it is for tax year 2008, comes two months after the couple were slapped with a lien in Alameda County for failing to pay $239,000 in taxes from 2005 to 2007, the year Dellums took office as mayor.

Paul Rose, Dellums' spokesman, said Thursday that the mayor is "in the process of dealing with the matter."

A lien naming Ron Dellums was also filed in October in Washington, D.C., where he lived for more than 30 years as a member of Congress and later a lobbyist. Both the mayor and his wife are also named in two additional liens in Washington, D.C., filed in November and December, records show.

The Dellumses own a house in Washington, which was assessed at $1.4 million in 2007, public records show.

[reaganaut1]

It's easier for Democrats to raise taxes that they won't pay.

[martin_fierro]

Delicious.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

I wonder why the article fails to mention that he’s a Democrat? /s

[happinesswithoutpeace]

All that Marx and Engels rotted his brain ^__^

[Recon Dad]

Ole Ron “Red” Dellums, that's a blast from the past. He's got a pension from congress why don't the garnish it?

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Is that old Communist still in power somewhere?

Clear proof that incompetence, treason, and apparently not paying taxes make for very good Demonrat office holders.

[immadashell]

I wonder why the article fails to mention that he’s a Democrat? /s

Because they are certain he is a Communist.

[pennyfarmer]

You have to hate it when you are falsely accused several times over the course of year. Doesn’t the government get it. He is a Democrat and Taxes are not to be assessed on him.

[Mobties]

Red Dellums’ chickens ...... comin’ home ...... to ROOST!

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the..............................HA ha!!!