Unpaid taxes could really derail your cabinet nomination hearings, some recent perspective appointees for the Obama cabinet have found.
First, it was Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner who admitted he was lax in paying the taxes he owed out of his paycheck from the International Monetary Fund. Then, former Sen. Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination for Health and Human Services secretary after it was discovered that he had at the last minute paid $140,000 in taxes on a car and driver a friend provided (why don't I have friends like these?!). And Nancy Killefer recognized she couldn't be in charge of ensuring government effficiency because she had failed to pay taxes for a worker in her household.
About 90 percent of Americans say you shouldn't cheat on your taxes, ever, so how can you avoid these pitfalls yourself just in case you get tapped for, I dunno, FEMA administrator? Read Eileen's column Sunday to find out how to ensure you pay the nanny tax.
Watchdog tackles a potentially hazardous situation ...
... in the form of a broken fire hydrant.
You see hydrants all over the place, usually when you're looking for a parking space. But what if your hydrant is out of service? What should you do then?
We visit one out-of-order hydrant and find out more about how they are maintained.
(photo: Larry C. Price/Baltimore Sun)
