[Mpls] Congress is cracking down on bogus non-profits

[Andy Driscoll]

This is nothing more than harassment of NGOs that don't hew the conservative
line, and all to pressure them into staying out of influencing votes and
policy agendas. Congress has found little to remedy the massive impact of
corrupt corporations like Enron while going again after the "little people"
who screw up on a proportionate level equal to being a pea in a field
alfalfa, who labor day to day to provide services that anti-tax zealots have
mercilessly decimated. Show us where West Bank Community Development
Corporation and Seven Corners Apartments deserve the scrutiny you demand
while letting absentee slumlords off the hook in sections of Minneapolis and
St. Paul for maintaining safety and security in their profit centers.

Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
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on 6/21/04 11:39 AM, David Brauer wrote:
>> 
>> [Vicky] In Minneapolis, a "non-profit" is added to almost every real estate
>> development - to get more public money and to avoid paying taxes.  This could
>> become very interesting: When the IRS starts auditing, I hope The West Bank
>> Community Development Corporation and Seven Corners Apartments are at the top
>> of its list.
>> 
> Is there any probable cause that taxes have been illegally avoided? Any
> evidence to make this more than a drive-by, guilt-by-association accusation?
> 
> Anyone can investigate anything. But usually you need more than a dislike to
> get that going.
> 
> David Brauer Kingfield