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Friday, September 24, 2010 at 1:02 pm
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage says a formal notification that his family owes $1,400 in back taxes in Florida opens the door to resolving the matter.
LePage acknowledges his wife Ann got a letter from a property appraiser in Volusia County, Fla., after she improperly received a permanent-resident tax credit on her home there.
LePage previously said his wife made a paperwork error when she claimed residency in Florida while also claiming residency in Maine, seeking homestead exemptions in both states. The family bought a home in Florida in 2008 so Ann could care for her ailing mother.
LePage now describes the letter as a formality and thanks the appraiser.
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First of all, it's already been revealed that the reason she claimed residency was so that one of her children could get the in-state tuition rate at college. Secondly, your use of her first name, un-heard of in conventional journalism, proves that this was copied and pasted from something her husband's campaign staff either posted online or sent to you! Honestly, if you have let all of the reporters go, then don't even bother. This kind of "reporting" is very dangerous, even more dangerous than having no news at all.
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Yaaaas, it's soooo sad that he cares for his mother in law. It's too bad we can't spread some of that sadness around
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it's trying to profit from it that is disgusting.
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as a scheme to scam the tax man. What can we expect when he's governor?
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Before Tron and any DEMONcrats get all excited they may want to read the whole story in the Daytona Beach News Journal the newspaper covering Volusia County, Florida.http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/09/24/volusia-homestead-claim-gets-tangled-in-maine-politics.html pay particular attention to, " In his letter to LePage, Gilreath refers to a "circumstance of Ms. LePage's mother's health" and a provision in the statutes that would allow two exemptions, if one is for the permanent residence of a dependent. He declined to give further details." I do believe that this means that Ann LePage is innocent of any wrong doing since she along with her children have been residing in Ormond Beach to care for her ailing mother.
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here is the part you left out.
Ann LePage was notified by certified letter mailed Thursday that she cannot have a homestead exemption here and in Maine, which could be a violation of state statutes...Gilreath said "does not sound like the borrowers or the bank or perhaps even the insurance company intended for this to be a primary permanent residence." ...She voted twice in Flagler County... couple's two children attended Florida colleges and the parents may have paid in-state tuition for daughter Lauren at Florida State University....
College documents indicate students who depend on out-of-state parents for support are presumed to be legal residents of the same state as their parents.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/09/24/vol...
Only a Creationist, T'bagger could want this guy for "gubnor". But on the other hand he DOES KNOW how to get free money from other people. Ask Florida taxpayers how much this scam cost them.
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I'll bet one of Chellie Pingree's trips on her fiance's corporate jet is worth way more than $1400!!!
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it is my understanding that she says she lives with her boyfriend, who states he lives in the Virgin Islands (tax evasion, anyone?)> Can;t wait to see how it all unfolds.
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