Taxes paid on Fetzer Stephens HQ

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:59:27 -0500

Overdue taxes have been paid on the Fetzer Stephens headquarters.

Prompted by an earlier Dome item, WUNC reporter Laura Leslie noted on her blog Monday that 2007 property taxes had not been paid on the two-story brick building in downtown Raleigh.

The loan on the building was signed by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Graham, and his name appears along with political consultant Tom Fetzer's on property records. Both men, however, say that Fetzer is the building's owner and Graham was just giving him financial backing.

Until January, Fetzer advised Graham's campaign.

After the item ran on Leslie's blog, Graham spokesman Aaron Lay contacted Fetzer, who paid the taxes plus $200 in interest with two cashier's checks on Tuesday.

"My understanding is that Tom just honestly didn't know they were due," Lay said.

Fetzer had no comment on the taxes.

"It's an entirely private matter," he said.

Hat Tip: Sam Wineka

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