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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-30-06 11:58 AM
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21. Here's another article on the Falwell Crime Family...
Falwell Helps Car Dealers Escape Merchandise Tax
Church & State, Feb 2004

Virginia car dealers trying to escape a tax on inventory have found a new friend willing to help them for a price: the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

Amherst County, Va., has a law requiring business owners to pay a tax on all inventory held on site on Jan. 1. For car dealers, who keep large numbers of expensive vehicles, the tax can easily amount to tens of thousands of dollars.

Eager to duck the fees, some dealers arranged to temporarily rent space in an empty parking lot at FaI well's Liberty University in Lynchburg. The school is inside the city limits, making it beyond the reach of Amherst County tax agents.

Ronald Godwin, president of Jerry Falwell Ministries, refused to tell the Lynchburg News & Advance how much the dealers paid Falwell but added, "There will be some remuneration to Liberty University. We have a lot of empty parking lots, and these guys wanted to use them."

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