Article: Utah Senator's Inns Owe $170,000 in Back Property Taxes.

By Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 3--Businesses affiliated with U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, owe more than $170,000 in overdue Salt Lake County property taxes dating back to 2001.

The Anniversary Inns -- a group of bed-and-breakfast hotels in Utah and Idaho -- also have had lots of problems paying sales and tourism room taxes. They racked up more than $140,000 in tax liens in recent years. Those debts have since been paid, according to court records, but sometimes up to 18 months late.

Bennett, who has sunk millions of dollars in personal loans into the properties since 1999, is listed as a ...

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