Official: Democratic Convention Hosts Skirt Gas Tax

By Staff Reporter of the Sun | July 23, 2008 The host committee for the Democratic National Convention set for Denver next month is avoiding paying state and federal taxes on gasoline by gassing up vehicles at a city fuel depot, according to a city councilwoman quoted yesterday on the Web site of the Rocky Mountain News. "There's something there that just doesn't seem right to me because, in a sense, you're saying then that the officials who pass the laws are not willing to live by them, and that concerns me," the Denver official, Jeanne Faatz, said at a city meeting yesterday. "I believe this is only for elected officials, government dignitaries," Mayor Hickenlooper said at the session, according to the News. "My understanding is in Washington or wherever where this happens on a regular basis, that it's standard operating... [read full story]