Earlier this month, we documented how 11th District GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga's concrete company was late on tens of thousands of taxes in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, leading to legal action in each state. The story then got picked up by the Politico, which noted that it had been covered by local "newspapers and bloggers." This characterization was later corrected, however, after someone pointed out that no newspapers had actually reported on Ozinga's late tax payments.
Well, that changed today. Abdon Pallasch has a story in today's Sun-Times headlined "GOP congressional candidate's firm owed $49K in taxes":
Concrete mogul Marty Ozinga's companies racked up $59,000 in unpaid taxes over the last 20 years, according to documents provided to the Sun-Times by political operatives.
The tax liens have been filed against the Republican congressional candidate's companies in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana. Some are fines on his trucks that pour concrete in Chicago. [...]
"This is shaping up to be pattern of ignoring and breaking the rules for his own personal gain, which raises a question: If he's going to break the rules for his own business, how can you trust him to carry out the people's business?" said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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