Rossi Refuses to Release Tax Returns
I just read that Gregoire leads Rossi 48-40 but that is too close for comfort when I can drive in the country and see huge Rossi signs without much difficulty.
Then, I heard on local NPR that Governor Gregoirs released her tax returns last Wednesday in response to requests for news reporters, but her opponent Rossi refused to do so. Now, "it's in the P-I", as they say. It's official.
The same pattern was played out in 2004. The Associated Press requested the returns to get a better understanding of their financial ties and connections. Gregoire complied and Rossi remained secretive about his holdings.
Gregoire's returns from 2005-2007 cshow her compensation as a career government employee. receiving a governor's present salary of $163,618. Her husband Mike is a retired public employee.
Rossi's finances were built through a private career in real estate and he added a state senator's income in 1996 but left that office in 2003 to run against Gregoire. In 2007, the Gregoires reported a gross income of $180,179 and a taxable income of $155,181 on which the couple's tax bill was $32,443.
Rossi's state disclosure lists proceeds from his biographical book, rent from an apartment building and pay from his former post as head of the nonprofit Forward Washington Foundation, rent from a Mill Creek medical building and a mortgage and bank accounts. The P-I did not disclose a typical income for Rossi, but the NPR story cited an approximate $250,000 per annum.
Rossi does not appear to be showing a philosophy of transparency in government.
Then, I heard on local NPR that Governor Gregoirs released her tax returns last Wednesday in response to requests for news reporters, but her opponent Rossi refused to do so. Now, "it's in the P-I", as they say. It's official.
The same pattern was played out in 2004. The Associated Press requested the returns to get a better understanding of their financial ties and connections. Gregoire complied and Rossi remained secretive about his holdings.
Gregoire's returns from 2005-2007 cshow her compensation as a career government employee. receiving a governor's present salary of $163,618. Her husband Mike is a retired public employee.
Rossi's finances were built through a private career in real estate and he added a state senator's income in 1996 but left that office in 2003 to run against Gregoire. In 2007, the Gregoires reported a gross income of $180,179 and a taxable income of $155,181 on which the couple's tax bill was $32,443.
Rossi's state disclosure lists proceeds from his biographical book, rent from an apartment building and pay from his former post as head of the nonprofit Forward Washington Foundation, rent from a Mill Creek medical building and a mortgage and bank accounts. The P-I did not disclose a typical income for Rossi, but the NPR story cited an approximate $250,000 per annum.
Rossi does not appear to be showing a philosophy of transparency in government.
# Posted by DiAnne : 6:43 PM
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