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$644,000 Bill To Be Paid After Mayor’s Meltdown

Howard Dean assured Denver taxpayers they wouldn’t be on the hook for one cent due

to the Democratic National Convention to be held there next month.

Turns out since March, staffers working on the Democratic National Convention have been using the city of Denver’s tax-free gas pumps to fill up their cars for personal and business use - and using its carwashes to the tune of $644,000 so far.

A dispute about this prompted city officials Tuesday to promise that the local host committee will reimburse the city at a market rate for gas - and pay state and federal taxes on the fuel. “It was never the intent of the city not to properly charge the Democrats for the fuel or its taxes,” said Katherine Archuleta, mayoral liaison to the convention.

When Denver’s Mayor was cornered about his city’s largess to a political party he said, “The Republicans are doing the same thing in Minneapolis.” City officials and the GOP stopped short of calling him a liar but did say that is absolutely untrue.

A new survey shows a five-point lead by Barack Obama over John McCain wiped out over the past few weeks among Colorado voters. Obama tour has not produced any bounce in the polls in America and his “Ich bin ein Beginner” in Berlin is generally being panned as substantively lacking. Fox/Opinion Dynamics and Resmussen polls released Thursday have the race tied.