When we couldn’t find any information regarding the special election in the 32nd State Senate District, we decided to dig further. Through digging, we discovered some fancy pants information at the Warren County Clerk’s office that may be important to the conversation about Republican J. Marshall Hughes and Democrat Mike Reynolds.
This public information might say something about the way Mr. Hughes conducts his business. Ruh ro.
Let’s have a look:
- Government Filed Tax Lien Against Hughes’s Property For His Company’s Failure to Pay Unemployment Taxes. The state government filed a tax lien against Hughes’s company M&L Management, Inc. of July 9, 2003, for failure to pay unemployment taxes, SCUF, interest and penalties. [Warren County Clerk , Document Number 449294, E90 Pg 914]
- Tax Lien Was Not Released Until More Than Three Years Later. The lien was released on November 14, 2006 – more than 3 years after the lien had originally been filed. [Warren County Clerk, Document No. 573924, E108 Pg. 714]
- Government Filed Tax Lien Against Hughes’s Property For His Company’s Failure to Pay Unemployment Taxes. The state government filed a tax lien against Hughes’s company Eagle Investments, LLC, on January 16, 1997, for failure to pay unemployment taxes, SCUF, interest and penalties. [Warren County Clerk , E66 Pg. 110]
- Government Filed Tax Lien Against Hughes’s Property For His Company’s Failure to Pay Taxes. The state government filed a tax lien against Hughes’s company Eagle Investments, LLC, on September 19, 1989, for failure to pay taxes. [ Warren County Clerk , E41 Pg. 564]
- Government Filed Tax Lien Against Hughes’s Property For His Company’s Failure to Pay Taxes. The state government filed a tax lien against Hughes’s company Eagle Investments, LLC, on August 19, 1991, for failure to taxes. [Warren County Clerk , E41 Pg. 564]
- Government Filed Tax Lien Against Hughes’s Property For His Company’s Failure to Pay Property Taxes. On May 6, 2006, the Warren County Clerk filed a Certificate of Delinquency for property taxes Eagle Investments had failed to pay on one of its properties in Warren County. [Warren County Clerk, Document No. 555459, E105 Pg. 429]
Government lien after government lien for failing to pay taxes.
And isn’t it interesting that someone so set against taxes has had difficulty remembering to pay them in the past?
Peep Hughes’ first television spot after the jump…
11 responses so far ↓
1 KY Dem // Jan 26, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I’m not even surprised…
This is why I’m rooting for Mike.
2 A Citizens of Butler County // Jan 26, 2009 at 5:19 pm
As someone who has worked for Mr. Hughes I can say Mr. Hughes has two priorities; paying his employees and paying his taxes…If he knew there was a tax lien, or a tax liability, he would have paid it. He would never intentionally fail to pay any tax due by him.
3 jake // Jan 26, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Then why did it literally take him years on more than one occasion to resolve his tax lien situation?
They weren’t issues he was unaware of.
4 E // Jan 26, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Kind of funny really…
Sort of like Geitner not paying his taxes.
I could understand an oversight if Hughes’ business was in something other than asset management. I mean seriously, when you call your business ‘Asset Management’ you’d think that managing assets and liabilities with regard to taxation obligations would be your forte’.
“Mr. Hughes has two priorities, paying his employees and paying his taxes.”
I’ll bet that makes his customers and clients feel all warm and fuzzy…knowing that they are NOT one of his two priorities.
5 jake // Jan 26, 2009 at 6:08 pm
It’s not at all like Geithner not paying his taxes. His were allegedly taxes he was supposed to take care of from the IMF/WMF which U.S. employers take care of.
Stupid, of course. But not the same as having the type of liens Hughes had.
6 E // Jan 26, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I wasn’t trying to make a comparison between the types of tax issues each man has…I’m just pointing out the obvious irony that two men who seek positions related to taxes and taxation…both seem to be having problems abiding by the rules of the very organizations they hope to work at.
I see humor in the irony of both of their predicaments.
In all likelihood, Geitner has numerous and diverse sources of income, his tax preparation has to be a monumental undertaking. In all fairness, I can understand how something got away from him…it’s still ironic and still funny though.
Hughes….Really…property taxes?
How he missed a property tax bill, I don’t know. I can’t imagine the municipality would fail to send the bill.
Hell, they still remeber to bil me every year for a ‘67 Pontiac that sits in my barn…I’d wager they sent the bills to him.
What would be an interesting cross check would be to see if his company, while failing to pay taxes…in fact realized the depreciation on the properties…recognizing the deduction, but not paying the taxes.
I doubt it would be attainable, but it would also be interesting to see if the business posted the expense for taxes and the unemployment expense, but didn’t pay them. That would be dicey.
7 Sam Wise // Jan 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Mike Reynolds has a web site, which includes a contribution link.
God knows he needs the money. In addition to saving money by not paying his taxes, his opponent is the indicted and pardoned co-conspirator of Ernie Fletcher, and he has a buttload of his own money he’s pouring into the race. From this post, it would seem a good bit of Hughes’ money must have come from dodging taxes.
Anybody wants to help out Hughes opponent, go to:
http://mikereynoldsforsenate.com/
8 jake // Jan 26, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Thanks for the link! Updated the story to include it.
9 Republican // Jan 26, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Hey Sam ….
You gonna enjoy that three-day unpaid furlough your boy Beshear is gonna make you take? Didja know that he’s asking for permission to lay you, and your fellow patronage hack hires, off for up to 24 days?
Amazing how many state employees I’ve heard say they regret voting for your boy Beshear and they had it better under Fletcher.
10 WouldaShouldaCoulda // Jan 26, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Hughes’ money is the reason he’s the GOP candidate. Fletcher won most of the precincts in this district against Beshear so the GOP isn’t worried about his Fletcher ties. These tax issues could be a different story, but as long as Hughes keeps pushing the anti-choice BS, he should win in this very conservative district.
11 Sam Wise // Jan 27, 2009 at 6:52 am
I assume those are the same state employees Fletcher was fired for committing crimes during their hiring, right? Because you’re right, he did hire a lot of those illegally.
I haven’t heard anyone who will ever vote Republican again after what Fletcher did to us.
And three days is much less than the permanent furlough that Beshear has thankfully given to the unqualified, lazy Fletcher non-merit picks under this administration, so that’s fine with me.
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