Dino Rossi's Firm Owes $20,000 in Taxes

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Democrats have found a new weapon in their assault on potential Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi.

The investment firm in which Rossi is a minority partner owes $20,000 in unpaid taxes on a business property in Everett, Washington, according to tax records from Snohomish County. Coast Equity Partners did not pay taxes, due in October 2009, on a multi-unit property that was rented to a motor sports dealership. (The sum includes roughly $18,000 in taxes and $2,500 in fees and penalties for delinquency.)

Speculation has mounted that Rossi will challenge Democratic Sen. Patty Murray this year. If he did, he would likely pose a serious threat.

A former state senator, Rossi has run for governor twice and lost narrowly twice. In 2004, he initially won the title of governor-elect before losing by 129 votes in a hand recount. He will have to decide by June 11, the state's filing deadline, whether or not to run. He would enter the field with good name recognition in a year that's expected to be tough on Democrats.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/04/dino-rossis-firm-owes-20-000-in-taxes/39695/