10th Congressional District

Candidate Chris Hackett pays back-taxes

June 12th, 2008, posted by RobHop

Republican Congressional candidate Chris Hackett resolved lingering back-tax issues with one of his Luzerne County businesses days after winning the GOP primary.

Democrats criticized Mr. Hackett during his primary battle against Dan Meuser for the nearly $17,000 in outstanding state taxes listed against Workforce Solutions Inc. at the Luzerne County Courthouse.

Mr. Hackett provided documentation Tuesday showing he had started settling the matter against his company in early Fall 2007, after disputing with the state’s tax office for years.

The $16,915 lien, filed Aug. 12, 2004, is still listed as outstanding at the county courthouse.  read more »

Hackett and Meuser: Separated at Birth?

March 19th, 2008, posted by Greg Palmer

It doesn’t sound like there was much of a debate Monday night when Republicans Chris Hackett and Dan Meuser faced off at Susquehanna University for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Chris Carney in the 10th Congressional District.

Both businessmen favor “lower taxes and reduced government spending, staying in Iraq while a terror threat persists and tightening the borders against illegal immigration,” reports the Daily Item of Sunbury.

So how are they different?

10th District Race Heats Up; Repubs Raking in Cash

January 17th, 2008, posted by Greg Palmer

Businessman Dan Meuser, one of the two leading Republicans seeking to unseat Rep. Christopher Carney (D), announced late last week that he raised more than $400,000 in individual donations in the final three months of 2007. In a memo (why didn’t I get it?) to his supporters, Meuser also announced that he loaned his campaign an additional $250,000 and finished the year with $400,000 in cash on hand.

Businessman Chris Hackett® ended December with about $386,800 in cash on hand, according to his spokesman Mark Harris, who declined to give any more figures. Both Republicans are wealthy and willing to fund their bids.  read more »

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