New Britain Candidates Are Delinquent Taxpayers!

It is becoming quite clear that the Democrats like to spend taxpayer money but continue to demonstrate their own inability or unwillingness to pay the very taxes they love so much to keep increasing for the rest of us!

Here is the latest list:

1.Mr. Peter Spano of 9 South Mountain Drive --constable candidate owes for MV tax $766.00
2. James Rathbun 331 Broad St. apt 2-- owes for his prior year MV tax of $245.00--an Alderman Candidate.
3. Carlos Pina 66 Mountain Drive, BOE candidate--owes for his MV tax of $293.00
4. Duane Hinkson, 104 Steele Street, Alderman Candidate--owes MV tax $106.00
5. Lucian Pawlak, 149 Vine Street, Mayoral Candidate--owed his real estate taxes for the years of 07-08- first half of 09 a sum of $21,427.00 paid up on October 10th 2011.
6. Adrian Baron, 62 Silver Street, Alderman Candidate--owes his MV tax of $192.00.
7. Alfred Mayo, 228 Broad Street, Mayoral Candidate U--owes $53.18 for his MV tax.
8. Roy Centeno, 289 Slater Road, Alderman Candidate, owes “a small amount” on his Real Estate Tax—for some reason the tax collector would only describe Mr. Centeno’s balance as “a small amount” without giving that amount. Interestingly he receives an annual pay as an Alderman and works for the New Britain Board of Education also, after retiring from the CCSU's Police Department.

What is really bothersome is the fact that Lucian Pawlak, a former Democratic Mayor of New Britain left his real estate taxes unpaid for a period of two and one half years and paid up only when deciding to run for the office of mayor--apparently because "he needs a job" as he stated to many. Does this really demonstrate the type of character and responsibility we need in our next Chief Executive Officer of the city?

The other alarming situation is that of candidate Spano who is seeking the office of Constable--which under state statutes has the authority to collect delinquent taxes through the service of tax warrants. This is also not the first time I have reported on Mr. Spano’s delinquency in paying his taxes. I reported that as a member of the Commission on Community & Neighborhood Development, Mr. Spano was delinquent on his motor vehicle taxes as of May 4, 2009 to the tune of $542.28 . What is even more disturbing in Mr. Spano’s case is that despite questions raised about his suitability for this position through the repeated non-payment of his own taxes as reported by the tax collector, you-- the voters, have absolutely no say in his election to this post because he is running for a position where all candidates are automatically elected with one vote. That’s right, Mr. Spano’s election was sealed when the party bosses anointed him to that position and clearly did little in the way of vetting. Could the fact that Mr. Spano is the Recording Secretary of the local Democratic Town Committee have something to do with his anointing? You decide—even if you are not given the opportunity to decide his fate in the upcoming election.

Given the number of elected officials and candidates I have reported on regarding their unpaid taxes—the majority of them Democrats, it seems as if it has become acceptable or even expected by our local Democratic Party for their elected officials to simply ignore their property taxes while forcing the rest of us to pay.

By: Frank Smith, a conservative registered Democrat!