IL: Republican Ozinga dinged on firms' unpaid taxes
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From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Concrete mogul Marty Ozinga's companies racked up $59,000 in unpaid taxes over the last 20 years, according to documents provided to the Sun-Times by political operatives.The liberal blog Progress Illinois says it was first on the story with a post on July 9 that said in part "Records obtained by Progress Illinois also show that, between 1990 and 2004, Ozinga Bros. was late on over $45,000 in state taxes in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, leading to legal action against them in each state."
The tax liens have been filed against the Republican congressional candidate's companies in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Some are fines on his trucks that pour concrete in Chicago. ...
Most of Ozinga's late taxes appear to have eventually been paid.
Campaign spokesman Andy Sere told the Sun-Times that "Ozinga Bros. makes its very best efforts to pay every nickel of the tens of millions of dollars in taxes it owes every year. ... Does anyone really believe that a company that gives away several million dollars to charity every year would purposefully evade a $200 tax payment here and there?"
