Posted: Tuesday, 05 February 2008 10:19AM

I-Team: Key Romney fundriaser quits the campaign

Posted by : Reynold Joseph


Boston (WBZ Newsroom) -- One of Mitt Romney's top fundraisers is stepping down... after WBZ-TV's I-Team uncovers the fact that he's some pretty serious financial problems.

Jim Sims is the finance co-chair for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, helping to raise millions of dollars. But WBZ-TV's I-Team has learned that the top fundraiser has left tens of thousands of dollars in property taxes on his homes in California and Boston unpaid...and the delinquency dates back 3 and 4 years.

It also discovered that the pattern of not paying his taxes dates back to 1992 here in Boston.

After being contacted by the I-team, Sims released a statement saying he thought the tax bills had been taken care of and he's working on paying them now.

Sims and his wife personally gave more than $300,000 in campaign contributions to candidates including Romney.


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