Hey Mr Taxman, won’t you sing a song for me,
sung to the tune of Simon and Garfuncal, Hey Mr. Tamborine man.

Brett,

Simon and GARFUNKEL didn’t do Mr. Tambourine Man.

It was written by Bob Dylan and recorded by both him and The Byrds. : )

Nice analogy, though!

[...] Critz was bookkeeper for company with multiple tax violations… [...]

Didn’t Critz say that he was asked to intervene to save the company and actually resigned over the owner’s business practices? Maybe READING the article (Pittsburgh Post Gazette/March 4) would help. Seems like someone is turning into a big crybaby because she is losing. Sooooo NOT the type of behavior I would want from MY representative.

If she even is still a candidate in a month, what is she gonna do when the Republicans start on her with her the venomous way she runs all her campaigns (is running ALL she does?); the debacle with trying to strongarm her daughter into a race; switching parties just to win elections, etc. Would she gonna run around like some angry moaning nut in congress? Scary that would be the image of Western PA that everyone would see.

Miss Mary-

The lesson of the day is FEDERAL TAX FRAUD.

This should be sent to the Gov. and the Democratic State comm. members who are trying to shove this man down the people’s throat. Check into the people who are backing this candidate. The Dems Sat. morning at the Lamplighter, should be more then interesting. Back Room Politics, I don”t think so! FEDERAL TAX FRAUD ??????????????????????????????

Critz is the true Murtha legacy candidate. Is it really important that he worked for his failed Brother-in-laws company when he wasn’t a shareholder? Why can’t we talk about the huge role he played in asisting Jack Murtha create jobs in our district? He is the candidate who understands our district and its needs. He has the right motivation for running.

Not being a shareholder does not make it ok for someone to be at a company for several years as a corporate officer, (business manager and book keeper)… and to basically engage in state and federal tax fraud.

A little corporate law 101 for you:

A shareholder is an investor in a company

A corporate officer is one of the folks responsible for the day to day operations of the company, and hence weighs in on decisions such as whether or not to pay their taxes. Mark was the corporate secretary, which is a corporate officer.

I will let him off the hook… only provided he was in a coma.

The argument: “I was the business manager and book keeper for several years… and it didnt occur to me to pay ANY taxes to anyone” is an argument im not even sure you could get someone hopped up on crack to believe. Its obvious what the US Government and State of Pennsylvania thinks of that.

Apparently the Feds and the State do NOT consider it “TAX FRAUD!!!!!” or else they would have charged someone criminally.

If Mr. Critz had ANY decency, then he would simply drop out of the race. But we all know that no politician has any decency, they are simply consumed with themselves and NOT the people they are supposed to work for, in this case residents of the 12th congressional district of Pa. ENOUGH ALREADY, drop out of the race.

dude?-

strike two.

http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement/article/0,,id=130608,00.html

http://www.irs.gov/compliance/enforcement/article/0,,id=187270,00.html

b/t… tax season’s coming up. Tell Critz to get to H&R Block. Tell him to take that campaign money he got and pay all the back taxes they owe in judgments and liens.

Sad part is some of those were to “taxpayer funded” PennDot. How pathetic. He should resign immediately.

The Taxman is going to getta!

So Critz screwed the taxpayers in the private sector and wants to do in the public sector now? Geese, we need somebody else besides Babs and this hack.

Now will be a real test for both the the State Party. State Exec Committee and the exec Committee.
I am sure that after what we have seen that they will shy away from ethics problems as each part has learned a hard lesson
If they really want the people’s trust in this dark hour, they must go with Barbara Hafer who stand tall above Critz.

Time for new people. Critz should not be elected precisely because he was an operative for John Murtha for so long. Murtha was a living embodiment of the old style that is so wrong for the country. Yes, he was good for his district, but so was Huey Long. Earmarks like Murtha championed are bad for the country. We don’t need another old-style hack who follows in those footsteps.
Hafer also is a wrong choice. Just another career politician.
We need fresh ideas, fresh faces, people who are in tune with the future. And preferably someone who will be elected, do a great job for a few terms, and then voluntarily leave.

Prob reason they dont want hafer or wagner. Theyd come in and clean house on all the corruption.

Good for hafer.

Wagner / Hafer is a winning ticket!

[...] process with questions about Critz’s background. Reports have said the former district director helped run a company that faced tax trouble, and the former state treasurer last week called into question his role in an congressional ethics [...]

Critz has too much dirty baggage to be a contender against the Republican Noise Machine…if the things said about him are not true, they will convince people it is just by repeating it over and over and it will become fact to them and there goes the 12th…and a prominent Republican endorses him…that is convenient…Hafer will give this office a fresh perspective…

@B–Really B? Critz is not a career politician. He is a career federal staffer. He worked as the district director for Mr. Murtha. He was Murtha’s “guy on the ground” back home while Jack was in DC. Critz has WORKED tirelessly FOR THE PEOPLE of the 12th for years! He knows the people of the 12th AND he knows the players in Washington. In short–No orientation period, he’ll know what to do and who to talk to when he gets there to get things done on our behalf. Now Hafer and Cernic on the other hand, now they ARE career politicians who are only in it for themselves. Cernic is just power hungry and Hafer running a negative campaign already) at 66 years of age is probably just grooming her daughter to take over when she retires should she win the seat (but she won’t.) And Hafer is already all sour grapes because of the “backroom” vote that 12th District Democratic leaders cast in Critz’ favor. Don’t give us the babe of the woods routine Babs. Thats politics–thats how it works–you should know. What do you think will happen in DC? If our elected Democratic leaders in the 12th don’t want you then take the memo and bow out. I put money on it that come election day the voters of the Fightin’ 12th agree with me and our ELECTED Democratic leadership and vote for MARK CRITZ FOR CONGRESS!

[...] previous private sector experience has also come under fire from Democrats.  While acting as the Business Manager and Bookeeper for Parkins Inc., a [...]

[...] for a (now bankrupt) Johnstown firm, Parkins Concrete. According to the ambassadorial blog PA2010, Critz testified that he worked part-time because the company’s bookkeeper and happenings [...]

[...] and then “forgetting” to pay the company’s state taxes while managing soliciting its [...]

[...] Broadcasting, including WPGH in Pittsburgh, due to their false claims, managed a company that had multiple tax violations while he was in charge of finances and has already been investigated by the Congressional Ethics [...]