A Newark city council candidate owes over $100K in unpaid taxes; Her spokesman says "hundreds of millions" have liens

The population of the United States is 314 million. So for Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins campaign manager Lionel Leach to say "hundreds of millions have liens" is simply outrageous.

First some backstory. The Star-Ledger reports that former Newark City Councilwoman Chaneyfield-Jenkins owes more than $100,000 in federal and state tax liens. She is again running for Newark city council. When asked about these liens being paid back to the taxpyers Lionel Leach had an answer for that too:

"I’m sure these back taxes are being paid."

Leach, however, was unable to produce documents to show Chaneyfield-Jenkins is participating in any kind of re-payment plan.

But wait, there's more:

Chaneyfield-Jenkins served on the council from 1998 to 2006, gaining some notoriety when she and two other council members took a trip to Ghana in a much-criticized tour to the West African nation at the city’s expense. She also successfully lobbied for a $10,000 donation from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey for a group she headed, Women with Hats On for the Cure, that turned out to be unregistered as a charity.

There is so much more to be found while reading this story. If you pay taxes it's a must read. We hope the Newark voters see through this candidate for we fear a win by her and a possible return to the excesses and feelings of entitlement described in the story could be a distraction from the real issues facing the council winners there.