While Barack Obama attacks John McCain’s push for a gas-tax holiday, it would seem that the committee planning the Democratic National Convention isn’t exactly opposed to the idea — at least not for them. The committee is using the city’s own pumps to fill up, bypassing state and federal taxes.

The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention is using the city’s gas pumps to fill up on fuel, avoiding state and federal highway taxes, officials said today.

“There’s something there that just doesn’t seem right to me because, in a sense, you’re saying then that the officials who pass the laws are not willing to live by them, and that concerns me,” Councilwoman Jeanne Faatz said.

The issue came up during the council’s weekly meeting with Mayor John Hickenlooper when the Public Works Department requested authorization to be reimbursed by the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee for use of “fueling facilities, fuel and car washes.”

“By doing it this way, by running it through our Fleet Maintenance, that means that that fuel does not pay state or federal highway taxes,” Faatz said.

So Democrats oppose a gas-tax holiday for the general public, but the same plan for their party’s officials is a great idea. If it wouldn’t truly help people save that much money, why aren’t organizers filling up at the local station like everyone else? Ed Morrissey explains:

Democrats taking advantage of city gas pumps save about $6 on every fillup, with taxes over 40 cents per gallon.

Surely you, John Q. Schmuck, wouldn’t appreciate saving $6 every time you fillup at the pump, right? And it’s not only on gas that Dem planners are getting special treatment. While the state of Colorado is suffering a drought, their vehicles are enjoying water-consuming car washes.

“Why are we washing cars in the middle of a drought?” he asked. “Where are the green police when we need them? Are they poking around restaurants to see that nobody fries food?”

Democratic planners have some questions to answer.