P.M. BRIEFING : Florida Tax Director Suspended
Florida’s revenue director was suspended today on suspicion of having a businessman’s taxes investigated for political reasons.
Gov. Bob Martinez and his Cabinet suspended Katie Tucker for 10 days with pay to allow her to explain her role in the Revenue Department probe of businesses owned by Donald G. Resha, a political opponent of her husband.
Resha unsuccessfully ran against Tucker’s husband, Daniel Miller, for president of the state AFL-CIO in 1985.
Resha’s bookstore and two video stores were subjected to a five-month investigation into allegations of pornography and sales tax violations.
The probe found no wrongdoing, but the businesses were then audited. The audit found that Resha owed $588.18 in taxes, penalties and interest, which he paid.
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