Scandal
In April 2000, Golden was found guilty of filing a false statement on a 1989 tax return and failing to declare $727,000 in income. He was convicted of tax fraud and was forced to resign his seat on city council. He ran as a candidate to replace himself in the succeeding by-election, but lost.
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