"Kiss my ass" Finney kisses Pepper bye bye

Another Phil Heimlich supporter admits he won't be around to serve under Commissioner-elect David Pepper beginning next month.

"I would not anticipate serving after the first of the year," said attorney Chris Finney, (pictured) an attorney, head of the commissioner-appointed Tax Levy Review Committee and friend and business partner of Heimlich.

During Finney's tenure on the Tax Levy Review Committee, that agency has provided additional scrutiny to special-purpose property taxes -- for services for the elderly, children, mental health and others -- that have saved taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.

But Finney won't end that tenure because of what he's done but rather because of what he said -- and to whom. Finney, a rapid Heimlich supporter, was irked in October when Pepper held a press conference to blast Heimlich for not presiding over a transparent government and for hiring or appointing to public boards his friends or business partners.

Pepper alluded to Finney in his attack. Finney, whose family owns a real estate business with Heimlich's family, attended the Pepper press conference to loudly and angrily confront Pepper.

"You're trying to smear my name because you're a rich f------- asshole. Kiss my ass. Right here," Finney said patting his backside.

He also told Bridget Doherty, Pepper's spokeswoman who was trying to end the incident, she also could put her lips on his behind.

If Finney doesn't resign from the TLRC, he would report, as that committee's head, to the man he called names.

Commissioner Todd Portune, who likely will become the Commission president when fellow Democrat Pepper takes office Jan. 1, has hinted strongly he would not allow that to happen, preferring to remove Finney from the TLRC.

Finney’s comment today came after The Enquirer reported yesterday that two other Heimlich supporters – deputy administrator Ron Roberts and policy analyst Michael Schrimpf -- will resign their Hamilton County jobs at the end of the year before Pepper takes office.