{"id":114,"date":"2008-12-10T02:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terragrafix.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2008-12-10T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T02:05:00","slug":"vice-mayors-decision-not-to-pay-tax-ranks-among-worst-ideas-of-the-week-in-sf-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Vice-Mayor’s Decision Not to Pay Tax Ranks Among "Worst Ideas of the Week" in SF Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emeryville Deserves a Mayor “who strives for solutions, not one who stoops to excuses,” says Examiner<\/span>
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Ken Bukowski’s failure to pay business taxes to the city of which he is now vice-mayor and formerly mayor has received a place among the San Francisco Examiner’s<\/span> “Worst Ideas of the Week” for the week of Dec. 7, 2008.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the Examiner<\/span> said (for full list of the week’s Worst Ideas, click here<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Bad example<\/strong>
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Emeryville mayor doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pay his business taxes<\/em><\/p>\n

The details: <\/strong>The mayor of Emeryville, a small city on the east side of the Bay Bridge, says he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u201d pay his business taxes. Mayor Ken Bukowoski has told reporters that he is not only opposed to Emeryville\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s business tax license fee, but he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t pay it even if he wanted to. Bukowski, a 21-year-veteran of the City Council, is apparently trying to live off his small stipend for being a city official and some rental income. He says he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a victim of the poor economy, but Emeryville deserves a leader who strives for solutions, not one who stoops to excuses.<\/p>\n