Investigation finds tax dollars withdrawn at bars, liquor stores, strip clubs, casinos

Posted: 05/01/2011
Last Updated: 14 hours and 7 minutes ago
By: Joe Ducey
By: Nicole Longhini

PHOENIX - A four-month ABC15 investigation has uncovered a connection between your tax dollars and tattoo parlors, liquor stores, strip clubs – even casinos.

Now, state regulators are making changes as a result of the investigatioh.

At the center of our story are people like Dalia and her three children who just moved from Tucson to Phoenix.

Dalia told us she’s starting dental assistant school soon. In the meantime, she’s volunteering, and to get by each month, she relies on a federal cash assistance program to meet her family’s basic needs.

“Without it, I would struggle a lot,â€