House Candidate Frequently Failed To Pay Taxes

Willamette Week:

Republican Steve Newgard is campaigning for a seat in the Oregon House based on his business background and his fiscal discipline.

"I've signed the front of paychecks," says Newgard, who lives in Milwaukie. "I have had to handle money in a responsible way."

Yet records show Newgard repeatedly failed to pay his property taxes for most of the past decade and also failed to pay his federal incomes in full for four years, according to an Internal Revenue Service lien.

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