Didn't know whether to put 'BREAKING' in the title, or just plain 'ROTFLMAO'.
Played it straight for once.
The inestimable Shannyn Moore of Keith Olbermann fame has just tweeted this little gem -
Breaking Story...The Palin's don't pay taxes on their "favorite place on Earth"... www.themudflats.net
13 minutes ago from TweetDeck
So I went to investigate - follow me ...................
The Mudflats, who never miss a Palin trick, have just posted this story -
http://www.themudflats.net/...
Nobody knew much about her. She’d been mayor of Wasilla, and ran an unsuccessful campaign for Lt. Governor, but they wanted to know more. When the McCain campaign "vetted" Palin they ended up with a couple Google articles, and a YouTube video. When the Democrats were finished with her, they had a 63-page document. There were lots of interesting things in the document, including this.
Pg. 48/63 Palin Declined to Appear in Ads for A Candidate Because He Had Not Paid His Property Taxes.
In 2004, it came to light that Republican Rep. Vic Kohring owed the borough $2,277 in unpaid property taxes on property he owns off Knik-Goose Bay Road, according to borough records. "That bothered former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin enough that she declined a campaign request to do a pro-Kohring TV commercial. As a former mayor, Palin said, it made her uncomfortable to back someone with unpaid taxes when the city relies on property taxes." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 10/28/04]
It was this sort of detail about Palin that made her so attractive to Republicans. Palin got voted in as Governor of Alaska in good part because of her strong ethical stand,
Recently, Sarah Palin gave an interview to Bill O’Reilly and said her favorite vacation spot was "The middle of nowhere at our cabin in Petersville," Alaska.
Now for the strange part, AKM, founder of the blog 'Mudflats', recently got sent a mysterious letter in the post. She has obviously been fact checking the contents before posting the details, but here you go, this is what she posted about 15 minutes ago -
And now we get to the envelope. Inside the envelope was an unsigned letter which read:
Todd and Sarah are now millionaires, but they shirk their responsibility to pay local property taxes.
Attached are printed copies of Matanuska-Susitna Borough tax assessments from the public website (address shown at the bottom) regarding two lake frontage properties the Palins own in the Petersville Hills. Safari Lake is a gorgeous location, with stunning views of Mt. McKinley and the surrounding terrain.
Please note that two parcels total almost 20 acres and are assessed for a total value of $30,000. Also, there is a $0 value regarding any buildings on the property.
Any photos or visual inspection of the properties would clearly reveal that there are two large "cabins" on the property that are well built, and include thousands of dollars worth of improvements and amenities. The buildings are clearly nicer than many people’s homes.
Also on the property is a large shop for snowmachines and four-wheelers.
These buildings have been on the property for years now – yet the Palins have done nothing to correct the assessment.
There were more enlosures in the envelope, details of tax assessments for that parcel of land for 2007, 2008 and 2009. Can be found at the link to Mudflats, as can a photograph of one of the cabins taken 2 years ago.
This is an excerpt from an interview Palin gave to the Anchorage Daily News in 2006 -
Pg. 15/63 Palin Called Herself "Such a Weasel" For Not Having a Firm Stand on the Property Tax Cap.
Palin said she has declined requests by Tax Cap Yes to speak in favor of the initiative. Yet, she said, she doesn’t object to her name’s continuing to be listed on the group’s Web site among 10 current or former government officials — half from Mat-Su — in support of the initiative. Palin acknowledged that she was sounding quite the politician. ‘I am so sorry I’m such a weasel,’ she said."
[Anchorage Daily News, 10/8/00]
AKM finishes her article with -
Maybe Palin finally figured out how to solve her dilemma of indecision – pay the taxes on the land, but cap the taxes on improvements at zero. Brilliant!
Well, what a wonderful VP John McCain picked.
With Sarah it's always about the money.