HOTEL EMPLOYEES (HERE)
Boss' Unpaid Taxes, Fines Questioned
Janice Loux, president Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Int'l
Union Local 26 in Boston and board member of the Mass. Bay Trans. Auth.
is in trouble for avoiding taxes and parking fines. The "combative" boss,
who has blasted the T (Boston's subway) for blowing taxpayer money on wasteful
construction projects, had her car registration revoked two years ago after
failing to pay auto excise taxes and a series of Boston parking tickets.
Loux, a registered voter in Boston since at least 1988, has also been driving
with a Vermont license after letting her Mass. license expire in 1990 after
compiling a "sketchy" driving history.
Asked by the Boston Herald about her car problems last week, Loux said she had no idea she owed any taxes or tickets to the city. "I don't believe I owe that stuff," said Loux, "But if I do, it's been an oversight." She also said the license issue is a mistake, saying she got a license in Vt. because she owns a vacation home there. "I've just never bothered to change it over."
Despite not being allowed to register a car or get a license in Mass. until she pays the $136.42 in outstanding excise taxes and the $276 she owes for six Boston parking tickets, Loux has a parking spot reserved for her at the Mass. Trans. Building. The $250-per-month spot (an extra perk for MBTA board members if they request it) is paid for by MBTA, which also gives all board members a $7,500 stipend. [Bos. Herald 01/29/01]
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