If the campaign has a paid manager and a paid salary to the candidate, there should be payroll taxes such as social security, Medicare and unemployment insurance paid and showing up on the campaign reports but none appear. Paying yourself and a manager is not a gift to them, it is taxable income. Also the purchase of office equipment is a taxable event if converted to personal usage after the campaign is over. The IRS in the past has audited such campaign practices as these in this campaign and extracted the back taxes plus penalties and interest.
They can claim to be independent contractors but that will not wash, just ask an UBER driver in CA how that worked for them. Failure to pay the income tax due on these payments means the rest of us pay more than our fair share of taxes if scofflaws fail to remit taxes due to the government. A fine example of activity for one of our elected officials.
I love it when Democrats from swing districts talk about their legislation they will introduce after they win election. They forget to mention the majority if GOP does not hear bills from such people just as when the Ds controlled years ago. It is a matter of life, majority rules.
How do these people work with the GOP majority? They cannot attend GOP caucus where all of the bills to pass are approved, none of their bills get hearings, so what are they going to work on with the GOP? A new state lizard? And the shots at Rio Nuevo are fiction, everything is on the web site, they just need to look, no money went to Marriott, RN paid for the parking garage open to the public with a guaranteed revenue stream from the hotel for spaces, and even that was not required in the deal after all, so no RN money. And the money RN gets would go to Phoenix if not kept here by RN, sounds like a great platform for a D from Tucson. Also, remember it was the Democrats who misspent RN money prior to 2010. And to keep sending all Democrats to the Legislature is as good of an idea as electing them to the Sonora legislature, that would be about as good a deal for Tucson, at least we would not have to pay them for their total lack of political clout.
This must be from la-la land. I know Bruce Wheeler and he said the truth about a D from Pima County, and I doubt very much he said that about the Rs. The Rs from Pima County have had plenty of clout which is sorely missing these days. If the Ds forgot to show up one day in Phoenix, no one would notice, except not being able to provide the "loyal oppostion" debates which is their role in political life. Having one more Republican, dare I say the only R in the City of Tucson limits given the loss of an R in LD 2 , which is a multiple county district, will keep the City of Tucson and Pima County's voice in the majority caucus. And that is most important, as political decisions and committee chairmen emanate from there, not from the minority caucuses.
Arizona is an "at will" employment state which means you can fire anybody for anything, as long as it does not violate some law on the books. Even bueaty queens who get fat and violate their contract.
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They can claim to be independent contractors but that will not wash, just ask an UBER driver in CA how that worked for them. Failure to pay the income tax due on these payments means the rest of us pay more than our fair share of taxes if scofflaws fail to remit taxes due to the government. A fine example of activity for one of our elected officials.