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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>[Sigh.]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Not only a crackpot, but a crook.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>His election and re-election argue that Idaho
civics education needs to be greatly retooled and intensified.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>w.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 24, 2011 4:31 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Attorneys tackle Hart tax
appeal</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>"<SPAN
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class=Apple-style-span>Hart faced multiple ethics complaints in the Idaho House
over the past year, both over his tax issues and over his theft of timber from
state school endowment land in 1996 to build his log home in Athol, for which he
never fully paid an outstanding judgment."</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Courtesy of today's (September 24, 2011) Spokesman-Review.</DIV>
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<P
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– Idaho Rep. Phil Hart seems to be arguing that different rules apply to him
because he’s a state legislator, attorneys for the Idaho State Tax Commission
said in court filings recently.</P>
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is appealing to the Idaho Supreme Court an order that he pay more than $53,000
in back state income taxes, penalties and interest for tax years 1996 to 2004.
The recent filing was in response to that appeal.</P>
<P
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appears to be arguing that his status as a legislator excuses him from the
requirement to file a timely appeal,” the state attorneys wrote. Hart, a tax
protester who stopped filing both federal and state income tax returns for three
years in the 1990s, had 91 days to appeal the order to pay but waited more than
six months, saying the legislative session entitled him to more time. His appeal
was rejected because it was too late, a decision he’s now appealed
five times.</P></SPAN>
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<P
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a fourth-term Republican from Athol, cites a clause in the Idaho Constitution
that exempts lawmakers from arrest or “civil process” during legislative
sessions and 10 days before they begin.</P>
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Attorney General Bill von Tagen wrote in the state’s court filing that the point
of such clauses is to make sure lawmakers aren’t prevented from attending
sessions. In this case, he wrote, Hart isn’t defending himself against a civil
process filed against him – he’s the one who initiated the appeal.</P>
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Hart’s argument, von Tagen wrote, any administrative proceeding in which a
legislator is involved could be put on hold, creating potential chaos.</P>
<P
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appellant’s arguments were taken to their logical conclusions, during a
legislative session legislators who were livestock operators could ignore
administrative orders to quarantine diseased livestock … legislators who were
restaurateurs could ignore administrative orders tagging adulterated food or
refusing routine health inspections … and legislators who were pharmacists could
ignore administrative orders for inspections of their records and/or
inventories. … The public health and safety might well suffer.”</P>
<P
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first court appeal in his state income tax case charged that Idaho’s state
income tax is unconstitutional; that argument wasn’t considered because the
appeal was thrown out for being filed too late.</P>
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now has another week to file his reply to the state’s response, and then the
case can be set for arguments before the Supreme Court, which likely won’t
happen before April.</P>
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who unsuccessfully sued the IRS claiming the federal income tax was
unconstitutional, has sought delays in his state and federal tax cases five
times due to his duties as a state legislator.</P>
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IRS has filed hundreds of thousands of dollars in liens against Hart and two
trusts he created – one that owns his Athol home and another that owns his
engineering firm. Though Hart contends he started filing returns again after he
lost his federal lawsuit and has made substantial payments, federal and state
authorities maintain he still hasn’t fully paid up.</P>
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faced multiple ethics complaints in the Idaho House over the past year, both
over his tax issues and over his theft of timber from state school endowment
land in 1996 to build his log home in Athol, for which he never fully paid an
outstanding judgment. Hart was removed from the House Tax Committee and agreed
to give up his vice chairmanship of the House Transportation Committee to avoid
ethics sanctions; he apologized to the full House in February.</P></SPAN>
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<DIV>Esto perpetua, V-peeps.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tom Hansen</DIV>
<DIV>Moscow, Idaho</DIV>
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