Rep. Boebert paid off nearly $20K in state tax liens in 2020 (Hmm...)

[demmiblue]

Less than two weeks before being elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd District in Congress, Rep. Lauren Boebert paid off the last of nearly $20,000 in state tax liens that had accumulated on her restaurant since 2016, records show.

Between August 2016 and February 2020, Shooters Grill, the gun-themed Rifle restaurant owned by Boebert, accumulated eight liens for nonpayment of unemployment insurance premiums, according to records from the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s office.

The liens, filed by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, indicate that Shooters Grill was delinquent on UI premiums dating back to its opening in 2013. By early 2020, Boebert’s restaurant owed the state a total of $19,552.86, including interest and penalties.

On Feb. 13, 2020, three of the liens, totaling $553.50, were satisfied and released, records show. The remaining five liens, totaling $18,999.36, were satisfied on Oct. 22, 2020, according to Garfield County records.

Boebert did not respond to multiple requests for comment on what led to the liens being filed on Shooters Grill, or how they were paid off.

https://coloradonewsline.com/2021/02/04/rep-boebert-paid-off-nearly-20k-in-state-tax-liens-in-2020/

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Wasn't that declared as gas money?

Oh no, tell me it ain't so. The organized crime party is alive and well and masquerading as the GOP.

[underpants]

2. Yep. $22,000 for mileage

Boebert’s campaign finances came under scrutiny this week when The Denver Post reported on reimbursements she made to herself, first cited by Colorado Pols, to cover certain travel costs when she was a candidate. Her campaign finance disclosures to the Federal Election Commission indicate she claimed “mileage” reimbursements of $1,059.62, reported on March 31, and $21,199.52, reported on Nov. 11. A nonpartisan ethics watchdog group, Accountable.US, submitted a formal request to the Office of Congressional Ethics on Thursday asking for an investigation into what it called “exorbitant” mileage disbursements to Boebert from her campaign.

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. How's a person going to grift a campaign racket if we continue with campaign finance law?

Do they think they are Trump?

[Cozmo]

15. Oh, that's good

[rzemanfl]

3. Excellent point. n/t

[coti]

7. I believe it was beer and travel money. nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. +1

And a shoutout to the DUer that made your comment famous!

[tanyev]

4. Wow, what a crazy coincidence, huh?

[Docreed2003]

5. 🤣🤣. I mean...that's a coincidence right?? Lmao

So blatantly corrupt

[LiberalFighter]

6. Why didn't local media report this?

[FakeNoose]

10. Colorado Newsline is local media

... they're probably based in Denver or very nearby.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Report on it during the campaign. Too late reporting it now.

[gohuskies]

11. Mileage reimbursement of course. It is her slush fund

Grifters gotta keep grifting. She is an embarassment to the state of Colorado. Time to investigate her for corruption.

[Demovictory9]

12. Interesting..

[GeorgeGist]

14. The Stupid burns.

[PatrickforO]

16. Well...I guess you could pay off tax liens and then write that off as

campaign travel expenses...

What?

No!

[CloudWatcher]

17. Jail time

Seriously, this could (and should) land both Boebert and her campaign treasurer in jail.

[BobTheSubgenius]

18. Gosh, elected to Congress AND won a bit scratch ticket prize!!!

That woman is golden, I tell ya.

[Ziggysmom]

19. She had to buy bullets!