Father of Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights goes to jail... for tax evasion

by: Oreo

Tue Feb 14, 2012 at 09:32:14 AM EST

If you live in Colorado you know what TABOR is. If not, it's the reason why places like Colorado Springs can't afford to keep their streetlights on. Today the guy that was trying to drown Colorado's state and local governments in the bathtubis going to jail.

Small-government rabble-rouser and convicted tax evader Douglas Bruce received a sentence Monday of 180 days in jail followed by strict probation, and on the same day, prosecutors announced that the IRS requested copies of the evidence against him.

First Assistant Attorney General Robert Shapiro said he handed over the case file Monday but doesn't know whether federal authorities will launch their own investigation into Bruce and his now-defunct charity, Active Citizens Together (ACT).

Bruce's sentencing drew the curtain on a rare criminal tax-evasion case at the state level, and one Bruce could have potentially avoided had he cooperated with the Department of Revenue.

Denver District Judge Anne Mansfield commented on Bruce's "reprehensible" behavior during the trial and wondered aloud whether he could last six years on a strict form of probation that will lay bare for authorities every last detail of Bruce's finances. - Denver Post

Enjoy your time in jail Douglas Bruce. You do know it;s that taxpayers that are paying for you to live now right?