January 16, 2007
Fingers on the Keyboard
It turns out Rollie Fingers blogs. However, he posted on his tax problems, then took the post down.
"The Brewers went through [archives] and found that every paycheck issued to Rollie Fingers while he was a member of the Brewers had state income taxes withheld," read an entry dated Jan. 8 on RollieFingersSportsBlog.com.
Fingers confirmed to a Madison TV station by phone that he operates the Web site, but he declined to discuss the post with WKOW.
Minutes after the interview ended, the entry was removed from Fingers' blog. But WKOW kept a printout of the post, a copy of which was provided to The Associated Press.
Did he take it down because it wasn't true, or because lawyers told him to due to the investigation? Decide for yourself as Google cached the page. I actually like this line about Wisconsin tax collectors:
I would say that those in charge are in more s..t than a Wisconsin cow walks through in a year.
You go Rollie!
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Has he denied these allegations all along?
What i'm saying is, it seems he was silent for a while, then the Brewers make this statement that his taxes were withheld, then Rollie comes out and says, "yeah take that Wisconsin, you got some 'splainin to do".
seems a little shady on his part.
I find little to celebrate about a man who makes good money and doesn't pay taxes. I hate taxes as much as than the next guy and I don't make nearly as much money as Rollie did, even back when he was playing (considering his endorsements), yet somehow I manage to pay them.
Granted, it should be assumed he's innocent until proven guilty, but if he is eventually found guilty, I hope you're saying "You go Rollie!....to jail"
Given that, unlike other law enforcement agencies, tax collectors due not need a warrant to harass you, I have no problem with people causing them trouble.