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The East Bay Express is reporting that Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife Cynthia Dellums owe at least $239,000 in back income taxes. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service says that the Dellumses failed to pay enough personal income taxes in 2005, 2006, and 2007. According to the Alameda County Recorder's Office, on October 14, the IRS placed an official lien against all of the couple's personal property for failure to pay adequate taxes in each of those years -- usually such liens remain in place until the back taxes are paid off.

(via East Bay Express)

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• Mayor Dellums
• Dellums and Too $hort Interviews [Oscar Grant]
• Oakland Mayor's Emotional Press Conference