Posted on 07/13/2009 6:32:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
A week ago, I didn't know Sean Hannity beyond the television personality. Recent events, however, brought us together through our shared philosophy that freedom and the rule of law, rather than arbitrary and inconsistent actions by government bureaucrats, provide the foundation for economic prosperity.
I wrote a column that appeared in the Wall Street Journal last Friday telling the story of how the city of Los Angeles has unfairly harassed my business, Creators Syndicate. Hannity invited me on his show to talk about it, and I knew I had an ally.
Creators had a tax dispute with the city 15 years ago. We spent a small fortune on lawyers and suffered through a series of administrative meetings until finally we had a hearing before the city's Board of Review — the last stop in the appeals process, where rulings are final.
In 1994, we received a ruling in our favor and, relying on that ruling, decided to stay in L.A.
Two years ago, city auditors suddenly announced that rulings are only final for taxpayers — not for the city. They forced us to hire more lawyers, to attend more meetings and to endure yet another Board of Review hearing.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
Not that it had, given the current Gov’s propensity to become the northernmost Californian county, all that far to go towards being wrecked.
What’s really bad is that the California equity bandits move to Seattle, and then those bandits move to Eastern WA...
Gol-ly! It must just be a coincidence that Creator's Syndicate distributes conservative writers and cartoonists!!!!
I notice most of his clients are conservative. Could that have something to do with it?
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