Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october the world irs Row sparked agents role As accuser by dived Houston Citron de Washington Jennifer Long was getting ready for a vacation when the internal Revenue service inspector started banging on her Long was Well acquainted with irs after she was an irs but this visit caught her by the inspector was demanding some irs records Long had in her she called the this confrontation outside her Houston Home last november set off Longs transformation from disgruntled irs employee to taxpayer last she testified before the Senate about the Agency abuses of she became a Symbol of efforts to overhaul the Long testified irs officials have been ordered not to conduct audits of friends of irs she accused the Agency of targeting poor people who could not fight and she even claimed to know of five instances in which taxpayers have committed suicide because of harassment by the thanks to three Days of rivet ing testimony at hearings featuring Long and a number of other witness irs off kills Are apologizing to the powerful critics of the like representative Bill Archer Texas Are vowing to get the irs out of the individual lives of All what did not come up at the hear were Longs protracted Battles with her supervisors and the altercation at her which resulted in a after several Days in the National during much of which she was publicly denouncing her Bosses and her the 15year irs Veteran was Back at her year Job in and this Long filed a discrimination lawsuit against the irs and her the filed in Houston Federal court on names trea sury Secretary Robert Rubin and Deb Ora Longs immediate the Treasury department has jurisdiction Over the in her Long who is she was discriminated against because of her race by Kel who is officials with the irs had no while it evolved into last weeks Public Longs role in the great irs revolt of 1997 actually began several years in an employee management conflict with her i Felt like i was being asked to adjustments that had no basis Long works As a Revenue going out into the Field to audit the books of individuals and like a number of other irs employ she had spent several years working in a special irs program aimed at bringing in people who had stopped filing tax when that program Long was assigned to do More general auditing she she found that no matter what assess ment she made of a taxpayers Situa she was ordered to go Back and collect Mote i Felt like was being asked to make adjustments that had no basis in tax she Long said auditors in her group were terrified to turn if a because you get it Over the Long filed a num Ber of grievances with the Union that represents irs but the years of Battles finally came to a head in novem Ber who was working out of 111 her was get Ting ready for a trip to she was also sick and planned to go to the she she had finished up seven or eight cases and had two cheques from tax she had called the office to say she would be taking those files in later in the Long about 10 a woman who identified herself As an irs inspector knocked on her irs inspectors make in taw1 Are a sort of inhouse police Force trained to investigate allegations of misconduct on the part of irs Agency officials the inspector wanted the Fites Long had in the Long called the f she didst have a 1 wanted her to Long the police she said an officer started Yelling at her to turn Over the Long said she refused to turn Over the files voluntarily because 1 was it sure i could give them to the we have disclosure Long turned Over the files to a Union who handed them Over to irs she wrote to theirs commissioner Margaret Richardson and she contacted the offices of Texas senators Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchi 1 went to every single and 1 never got a single response until f went to congressman Bill Long told lawmakers last i i 7 Chi you can digital in on a advanced f just got digital pcs is and Only Amigo could make it this its the next generation of cellular digital pcs personal communication services 500 min local evening and weekend minutes a just 1 Fetkiw Call display first incoming minute free per second Billing National digital coverage Man anytime Day or night local minutes a just if youre new to the world of wireless visit your store if you Are an existing customer and want to take advantage of these great offers Cartel at 0 rentals lilt the wort Winnipeg Polo Park 7742412 Portage place 9460721 655 Pembina 9899500 315550 Century 7860020 1500 Regent 9883080 212 Henderson 9892954 Marlon 9892944 1200 my Philllps 9892927 1026 marys 9873444 to Centre 9873443 Portage 8952355 2599 Pembina at Bison 2611234 2nd level Winnipeg International Airport 2272727 Cartel asst Kray Kray 1509 Matthews 7720461 prime time communication 337 Pembina 4528900 West can cellular 251 notre Dame 9823600 mind computer products 1745 avenge 7832001 digital pcs also Adamle at select locations of these ;