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DC Says No to Trump Request for Tax Breaks on Old Post Office Project

WASHINGTON, DC-A spokesman for Mayor Vincent C. Gray says that granting tax breaks to the Trump Organization in connection with its planned redevelopment of the Old Post Office Pavilion here would be unfair.

By John Jordan | Updated on January 29, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC-A spokesman for Mayor Vincent C. Gray says that granting tax breaks to the Trump Organization in connection with its planned redevelopment of the Old Post Office Pavilion here would be unfair.

Pedro Ribeiro, a spokesman for Mayor Gray, told the Washington Post it would be unfair to offer a tax relief to the Trump Organization when it was awarded the project through a competitive bidding process. “It was never part of the bid proposal that the project would not be subject to the tax,” he said.

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