Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage speaks during a news conference where he outlined his job-creation plan, in Augusta, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. LePage deflected questions about taxes paid on a Florida home. He replied testily that questions about tax exemptions claimed by his wife already have been answered. The Kennebec Journal reported last week that Ann LePage claimed permanent residency in both states and could be fined in Florida. LePage's campaign described it as a "paperwork error." (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage angrily deflected questions about taxes paid on a Florida home at a news conference Monday to present his plan to create jobs in a state he said "desperately needs" more jobs.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage exits a news conference where he outlined his job-creation plan, in Augusta, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010. LePage deflected questions about taxes paid on a Florida home. He replied testily that questions about tax exemptions claimed by his wife already have been answered. The Kennebec Journal reported last week that Ann LePage claimed permanent residency in both states and could be fined in Florida. LePage's campaign described it as a "paperwork error." (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
After concluding his jobs presentation, LePage was asked several questions about tax exemptions claimed in 2009 on homes in Maine and Florida. In both states, property owners can receive a tax exemption — but only for their primary residence.
The Kennebec Journal reported that LePage's wife, Ann LePage, claimed permanent residency in both states and could be fined in Florida.
LePage's campaign described it as a "paperwork error" and LePage declined on Monday to elaborate. Both homes are in his wife's name.
"I am running for governor, not my wife. I want to talk about the billion dollar shortfalls we have, and if you guys want to do the Enquirer, I'm not playing," LePage said.
In his job creation proposal, LePage envisioned what he called an "EZ Pass" strategy that speeds up new business requests and snips red tape and regulations he believes throw up roadblocks to both new businesses and existing businesses that want to expand.
In addition, LePage's "Turning the Page" plan calls for cheaper costs to set up a new business. The present $145 cost is one of the nation's highest, and he wants to cut that to a $5 first-step filing fee. He also wants to expand health insurance opportunities for workers in small businesses by reducing coverage costs.
"Maine desperately needs new jobs and we need lots of good jobs," LePage said. His opponents dismissed the plan as superficial and lacking new ideas.
Part of Lepage's job-creation program is built upon educational reforms. His "Learn to Earn" program would allow students to begin earning college credits while in high school, and would put more emphasis on training in technical fields like plumbing and electronics.
LePage also envisions a plan, similar to one used in other states, that helps potential employers reach high school students who are interested in going directly into the work force after graduation.
He mentioned a program in New York that links the building and construction trades with students to create apprenticeship opportunities. "If the goal of education is a good job, then it's time we think how we're going to get there," said LePage.
Independent candidate Eliot Cutler dismissed LePage's plan as "little more than bullet points, slogans and sound bites."
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Lepage has a plan
Lepage's Education Plan = Buy a house in Florida
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It as all a technicality of unfair tax codes.
Response: so when Sean Hannity calls Tim Geitner a "tax cheat" for an error on his taxes, that's a case of Republicans exposing a guy who ought to be run out of town! However, when a REPUBLICAN is exposed, suddenly it's the fault of the "tax codes."
My but Republicans have an unusual way of perceiving reality, sort of the Alice in Wonderland approach.
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Voisine - difference is LePage did not cheat, his wife may have, we don't know yet.......Geitner cheated!
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Fantastic! LePig has made the NATIONAL news with a video of him HUMILIATING himself in Augusta on The Hill web site and a very amusing story in The New York Times. This was bound to happen, he's ignorant, just like his supporters, and sooner or later ignorance is revealed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAi_9aS_f0g
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Thank you Voisine ...so true..............
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When President Obama was running for office the right wingnut "press" went bonkers all day, every day, trying to tie him to a preacher in Chicago who really urked some Southern Whites and was taken out of context. How many hours of sermons by the guy were overlooked in a quest for a sound bite to inflame? That's how Republicans operate, smear and fear 24/7. Now, we see how they react when their ignorant buffoon of a Gubernatorial candidate, the Bovine Candidate LePig, gets caught cheating. He throws a fit and suddenly we see calls for the "AP to be dropped!" These wingnuts aren't even engaged with the issues, they are plagued with an ignorant mindset that represents what historically has plagued America. These are people who in another era, would deny the rights of women to vote or African Americans to be free. It's sick that they can't think, but of course, they love LePig because he's just one of them, someone to be reviled, ill-prepared for the complexities of the office to which he aspires. Republicans nearly ruined America's economy and as the children that they are, couldn't take responsibility for that. Now they want to bring the same policies that Bush used to destroy middle class prosperity on a national level to Maine. If you want to know what's wrong with America, it's a one word answer: Republicans.
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The wingnuts are amazing. They said they would vote for this guy because he's so "honest" and not like any other politician, then when he's caught again with his foot down his throat, they're saying things like "show me a politician who is honest" in a lame attempt to cover for this buffoon. Republicans are truly demented.
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Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage has way to much anger to run for anything Just anoughter HOTHEAD WITH MONEY TRYING TO run maine stay home and cool off you have way to much stress and your not even in office REPOTERS WILL ASK MANY QUESTIONS NOT JUST THE ONES YOU WANT TO HEAR PAL
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The associated press should be dropped from the Sun Journal. This is pathetic journalism. The news is thats LePage has outlined a jobs plan in Maine, yet the article rather than focusing on the factually reported aspects of that plan starts with rumors unrelated to the event or the jobs plan.
This is a very sad piece of journalism., the spin on this is unbelievable and could be used as an example of media bias.
Words like "angrily deflect" within the first paragraph are used to create a false character impression of LePage as an unreasonable and insane person. This is the way the reporters create a negative image without actually lying.
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uses the word bullshit in response to a reporter's question, then I think it was accurately reported that the question was "angrily deflected"
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And a lot of folks are actually surpporting his commentary...watch the entire episode, he handled it badly but he was being badgered by someone from MPBN which is not exactly an impartial news source...
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shoot the messenger. MPBN is not a biased news source. Unlike say......Fox News.
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"I want to talk about the billion dollar shortfalls we have.." Paul LePage.
Do you want to explain how the $1 billion shortfall was created by the 2007 recession Mr. LePage's party caused and then did far too little far too late to avoid losing 8.4 million jobs between 2007 and March 2009. Is this his jobs plan?
A state full of plumbers and electricians. Don't get me wrong. Plumbing and electrician are good jobs. And our Unions and Community Colleges already have apprentice /educational programs for these occupations. I don't see a great lack of jobs in these occupations that aren't already being filled. But how about engineers, chemists, biologists, doctors, lawyers, ethical businessmen, etc, etc. Think they might be occupations the state of Maine should promote?
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The one billion dollar shortfall was create by the Democrats who have been in control of Maine for the past 40 years. The amazing thing is that we still have a budget shortfall even after Obama gave us federal money in the stimulus.
"But how about engineers, chemists, biologists, doctors, lawyers, ethical businessmen, etc"
How bout that, let's get the thousands of people on welfare right into being doctors and engineers... easy. Wow you're brilliant.
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We know LePage and Republicans want to help business and hurt maine workers. So this so-called jobs plan is typical. Like any businessmen he will claim innovation for ideas that are already being done. He's too cheap to spend $145 to process a new business. Isn't the going rate to write a simple letter something like $50. Obviously strarting a business is much more complex than that. So he cuts the cost to $5 and the taxpayers of Maine fork over the other $140.
Everything else is aready being done. Nothing new.
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Paul LePage Should Be Worried. I am just one vote but people like me are looking hard at LePage and judging him by what he asked us to judge him on. One area was Transparency. He basically he would answer "any question" asked by any reporter, at any time. But he did not look good to me scurrying away and grumbling about "not playing".
While claiming residency in two states is something I can see happening I have questions about his children and their Florida tuition. I have just perused the application documents and procedures along with the "Residency Guidelines" for FSU. Establishing legal residency is a bit more complex than simply going to Florida to help a family member. It seems to me that more questions need to be asked and answered by LePage.
His answers about his property dealings, denying that his name was on his Waterville property and then admitting the fact through his PR people the next day, is unsatisfying. How could you not know that your name was on a deed AND that you filed paperwork to remove it? Did it slip your mind? Really?!?
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If LePage changed the ownership of the house in waterville in order to commit tax fraud with his wife, that's criminal. And if he did where else has he gamed the system to avoid payin taxes. What did he do at Marden's?
Tax audits of Marden's tax returns while LePage was general manager are very much in order. As are a full investigation into his own.
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How do you figure fraud??? If he lived there all year and he pays his mortgage and taxes on the property what does it matter its in his name or hers... The problem is that the tax system doesnt recognize that as a married couple, regardless of whose name is on the mortgage, can actually take residence and qualify for residency in 2 states... Simply have to live in different states for the majority of the year... Its a pretty simple concept...why should a married couple not get a tax credit when in fact they separately resided full time in different states. Reality is that if one of the properties was in HIS name and on his taxes there would be no issue. It as all a technicality of unfair tax codes.
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of LePage with his hands up looking like he is surrendering to police. He is your typical Republian, i.e. a criminal.
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Okay, it is now fact that LePage is a liar. But let’s speak to his plans he announced today. None of this was new. There was a little more detail to his education idea, which I find laughable. First of all, Mr. LePage, the students that excel in the Waterville system have, for years, been able to take "Advanced Placement" courses which if they do well on the national tests mean they can skip the freshman college class for any of the courses they tested well in. Second, the students that excel in Waterville have, for years, been able to take Colby College classes their Senior year (it may be both junior and senior year -- it has been too long since my son did this for me to remember exactly). This is for the student who is top of their class. It is very apparent that the rest of the children do so poorly on the SAT that any credible college will not accept a fifth year of high school. I think it is probably more important to graduate student who can read and do math. It certainly appears that there are so many things that Paul LePage doesn't know about the City that he supposedly saved.
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His childish antics in refusing to answer reporters' questions.
"I'm off in a huff, I yam , I yam!!!"
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Only after he got a republican congress and cut taxes
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I bet the republicans are wishing they could change their candidate for governor. This guy is toast. I can almost buy the answer of a minor error on the tax issue, but if you add in the fact that his kids are going to their "in-state" college in Florida, then it gets a lot more difficult to swallow.
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LePage has said that he wants to add a fifth year to schools. Many of Maine's schools are already understaffed and overcrowded (even with declining enrollments), and now he wants to put more kids in them? Further, he's talking about decreasing the "bureaucracy" at the Department of Education (whatever that means, because they are by no means overstaffed), and he wants to add an additional curricular level to the schools. If he thinks that kids in high school have extra time that they can take additional classes, it shows that he hasn't been in a high school since he was a student. With the graduation requirements that are in place now, there is no extra time. [IRONY ALERT] Well they could get the extra time if they did away with all those physical eduction, art, music, literature, language, and drama classes; what do we need those for? [END IRONY ALERT] Again, no new ideas, no new plans, nothing innovative, just a rehashing of tired old ideas.
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He's nothing but talking points, no substance.
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LePage said his plan "speeds up new business requests and snips red tape and regulations." Okay, exactly what red tape and regulations does he want to eliminate. So far, what he has put out there is not a plan, it's just a complaint. Complaining is fine, as long as you have a solution, and the solution doesn't make things worse. If, as LePage has proposed, he wants to roll back environmental regulations and safeguards in the name of "jobs," then he needs to peddle his fish elsewhere.
Also, his dismissal of the issue regarding the homestead exemption shows exactly how UNFIT LePage is to be governor. This issue raises more questions and LePage has no answers. Why, as LePage said yesterday, was his wife "buying" a house they already owned (purchased in 1995 and transferred to Ann in 1996)? Also, homestead exemption in both states is not a small, backpage item on real estate transfers, it's right there up front. LePage touts himself as a business man, so how was it that something this significant slipped by? Is that how he's going to explain his screw-ups as governor-it was just a slight paperwork mixup? And why, too, has all of their real property been transferred to Ann? What is Paul LePage trying to hide? All you LePage supporters can try to dismiss this, but the fact of the matter, if this guy wants to be governor, wants to campaign on changing the way things are done in Augusta, he's not off to a very good start and he better start coming up with some good answers, and not just flowery rhetoric, but some answers with substance.
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Let us hold our tongues until the answer comes out. Maybe the Lepage family did goof here or maybe in good faith they felt that the Maine home was his home and deserved the tax credit while the Florida house was in her name and she WAS there taking care of a sick parent thus she was residing in Florida. This only serves to bring up the unfairness of taxes in that because a person or family has more than one home they are treated differently. If you look honestly at where the State of Maine is economically you will realize that it needs to change and change for the better. Leave here and travel this great country and you will see how other States are doing as compared to here. Look at the taxes people pay in other States as compared to here and how those States are growing financially. The taxes citizens pay here are too high and the services received are too low. My question is why? The same mentality has prevailed for over 50 years at the State house and it is time for a change. Change must come not only to the Governor's position, but also in both chambers and also down the line in the various State offices and bureaus.
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This has gone on for days now, and we all know the truth will come out eventually. A bigger person would have stepped out and told all immediately and let the chips fall where they may. It's beginning to appear this was done to save thousands of dollars on tuition money for his kids, and while that may have been underhanded, it might have been legal. Then LePage would have been a hero to all republicans, cheating the system while complaining about welfare. But now he just looks like a dirty politician.
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and not the families. If you can't see the difference between an honest mistake and a scam to defraud then there is no hope for you. Take off the blinders, turn off FoxSnooze and pay attention for a change. One can only hope you are not old enough to vote. Don't worry the whole story will come out and you will still be defending the tax cheat, "youbetcha".
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If they pay taxes on their property and she lives there long enough each year to claim residency then they deserve the credit just the same as every other Florida resident with kids needing a college education.....However the smart thing would have been to put the Maine house in his name and then he could qualify in Maine for the credit too. But they didnt..... If they live apart for the majority of the year then they are each residents of different states, regardless of their marital status.... Many people live far from their spouse for large portions of the year for various reasons.... Wait for the whole explanation... If there is something fishy going on , he will pay the piper one way or another..
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like the bumper sticker sez "if you think education is expensive, try ignorance". this seems to be lepage's platform not transparency. if he's ducking questions already, what's it going to be like if we put this bozo in the blaine house. will he claim the homestead exemption on that property too?
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Are all the people with tax problems in politics??. Do his cars have Florida plates?
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He seems so hot headed.
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honest answer from this guy just once.
"LePage angrily left a State House press conference today after admitting to reporters that he pays no property taxes in Maine."
"Only a few months ago, Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage told Maine reporters that they could ask him anything. "I've never shied away from the press, although the press is not always kind to me because I speak my mind," he said back then.
LePage said he believed in "transparency, accountability and, most of all, honesty" from elected officials. But during a Bangor news conference where he rolled out his economic plan, the candidate dismissed a question about his family's real estate dealings in Florida and Waterville after inviting questions from reporters. "That's been asked and answered, and let's move on," he said. "
"A.J. Higgins: "Why did you take you name off your real estate in Waterville?"
Paul LePage: "I never had it on, never had it on, ever."
But that's not what records at the Kennebec County registry of deeds show. And later in the day, a spokesman for the LePage campaign called MPBN to rescind LePage's statement and apologize."
"LePage originally said last week that his wife relocated to Florida to take care of her ailing mother. But that didn't explain why she became a resident of that state, obtained a Florida driver's license and filed for tax benefits under the Homestead Exemption Act."
"And the candidate is now acknowledging that two of his children did qualify for in-state tuition, at a considerable savings, at Florida State University. FSU has a number of resident tuition requirements -- including proof of receiving a Florida homestead exemption benefit."
Lepage is a "C" CROOK.
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Did either child come back from Florida to vote in Primary??
Hope a News-Hawk ferrets that one out, also....
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real estate transfer in order to escape potential nursing home charges. That's done all the time, and normally booby would be one guy to ferret that out, unless, of course it's a republican candidate for governor.
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Actualy tron, the reason I left that one alone is while I am well versed in Maine property transfer & forfeiture laws, I do not have nearly the knowledge of Florida law to pass judgement, unlike you who has already decided the issue....the longer this blog goes, the more the rumor mill gets cranking - the only thing we know right now is his wife did get a homestead exemption in Maine and Florida in 2009, thats the 1st year, so if she was a resident of Florida than she owes the town (and by default the state of maine) the $191 credit given on taxes. Everything else is at this point speculation AND is speculation against his wife, not him - a minor point some wish to exploit for personal reasons. The fear of the liberals is overwhelming this election year and shows what we've come to expect from them - its okay for the liberals to have their freebies and get on the gravy train but someone makes a clerical error for a whopping $191 and we're all over other members of the family...
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Just like Christie in NJ, a clerical error that cost NJ $400 million...
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The most we can reasonabnly conclude at this time is that his wife was a resident of Fl;orida during that tiem and as such was entitled to a homestead exemption AND in state tuition for the children at FSU. IF that much bears out than anything on the Miane homestead exemption for would be null and void. As she did not file in Florida until 2009 I doubt the tuition issue is valid, but at that point the Maine exemption should be recinded and repaid..all $200
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Liar, liar , pants on fire! How is he going to react in a real crisis!
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it's his mother-in-laws house in Florida and that he and his wife helped her buy it. Does that qualify for the homestead exemption? I don't know so please someone enlighten me.
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So it's not her house.
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a dinosaur bone caught in his throat. LMAO!
The only ones who still believe this idiot are T'hadists.
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When I look at this picture, I see a seven year old child that has just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and has no way of getting it out. We just had two terms of a so called do gooder that did nothing but put the screws to us all. Take a good look at this picture. Does this look like the "selfmade" man that we want running tow states a one time?
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he looks mean
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Looks kinda like he's ready to cry, take his ball and go home.
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If it works for his family, it might work for the entire State of Maine!!!
LePage for Governor!!!!!
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Governor George Ryan of Illinois was from my home town, Kankakee, IL.
He amassed one hell of a war chest to run for governor when he was the Secretary of State in Illinois - corruption to the max!! His Inspector General, Dean Bauer, was my old Chief of Police. He helped quash any and all investigations into corruption - until the Feds sniffed them out. They both wound up in Federal Prison. God, the crap folks think they can get away with!!
They were both investigated, indicted, and convicted under 'Operation Safe Roads - along with over 77 others by Federal Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
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isn't he one of those tea partiers....please Maine don't don't and don't vote for this guy
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people have been talking about new jobs in Maine for a long time and it's still the same....take Rumford for example..... it will still be the same with whoever is running ...but one can only hope for the best.....
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"Independent candidate Eliot Cutler dismissed LePage's plan as "little more than bullet points, slogans and sound bites."" True, but he can do PowerPoint miming!
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Like you wouldn't be all over this if one of your opponents' spouses had done it.
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to have lied on tax filings? I think every voter, Republican, Democratic, Green or Independent, deserves a real answer and not a "this is bullshit" response. Being governor is a responsible and important position, we are owed an honest and open answer. This is not a partisan issue.
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Ajax - where did Paul LePage lie on a tax filing....he did not - first the property is in his wife's name, not his, he admits topaying no property tax in Maine. Once again liberals getting desperate! Did he sign the forms? Have you seen them?
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I listened to the MPBN radio coverage on this matter on the way home from work tonight. I appears that this couple fudged their homestead declarations so that their children could attend college in Florida on resident tuition. Lying to obtain government benefits (like reduced tuition and property taxation) is a serious matter. Mr. LePage needs to come clean and he needs to do it quick.
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He's a typical GOP crook: "And the candidate is now acknowledging that two of his children did qualify for in-state tuition, at a considerable savings, at Florida State University. FSU has a number of resident tuition requirements -- including proof of receiving a Florida homestead exemption benefit." http://goo.gl/radu
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Typical...Lil. You slay me...you are funny, is that the best you could come up with..."typical GOP crook" hahaha How long did it take you you to "craft" that little nugget of wisdom? I mean there have been crooks on both sides of the aisle. To thow out pejorative words like GOP crook... is disingenuous. Just what I've come to expect from you...thanks for not disappointing me.
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He's stealing to educate his family.......
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he can no longer claim it was an 'paperwork error', but it was deliberate. But rumors will start to fly, so lets find out the truth.
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I'm glad in your world its a man's job to "keep tabs" on his wife. No wonder you're single.
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Glaring at letters and words obviously didn't mean you really could comprehend their meaning.
I'm single?? Please don't tell mywife!
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Hmmm, we've dumbed down the high school diplomas. Might as well go after the associate degrees now.
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have a clue as to how much this would cost the property tax payers? Like the State is paying their 55% share.
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if there's a reasonable explanation he should give it to us. It clouds his entire message
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do you really think she fills out her own tax forms... Im sure there is an accountant somewhere with egg on his face right now.. But maybe he is a friend and they dont want to throw him under the bus... Just a thought..... How many people every year make mistakes on their taxes.. Sometimes in the states favor sometimes not. As long as it gets cleared up, Not a big deal to me.... look at the federal level..Im sure there is a lot more tax abuse in the house and senate than there is here... People need to get over it and move on with the important issues...
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the daughter got a break attending college in Florida because of the Florida tax exemption.
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when she saw it at Marden's.
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Leave it to the media to ignore the real issues and go on a witch hunt over the minor issue of his wifes taxes... What she pays in Florida taxes is really a non issue to Maine voters..If only the Dems could find a better platform to oppose him maybe they would stand a chance against him...
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know he can keep tabs on the complexity of the Peoples' matters?
This is a very valid point which needs clearing up.
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Veritas...the same way Bill Clinton kept his focus on the American people's matters during the Monica Lewinsky days...
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When did Bill Clinton announce his candidacy for Maine governor?
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You can all say what you want about the man, but we had unprecedented budget surplus's during his presidency!I personally would rather have a president screwing an intern, rather than the country!
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