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October 24, 2007 01:45 AM UTC
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Rayburn almost certainly did nothing worthy of prosecution with his tax or voting record. Military members are given leeway despite the verbiage of the law. Furthermore I dont see anyone going after a career military member for claiming his home state as the state he came from for tax purposes.
Where Rayburn get nailed is on the political fallout. Let’s take his statements about being “from” Colorado at face value. I guess you could reasonably imply that he thought he was above paying state income tax or voting and keeping up with his “home” state.
You should look at JAG bulletins advising that where an active duty memmber registers to vote is the best evidence of the military person’s state of domicile, and where, as a result, where the military person is obligated to pay income taxes unless that state allows its active duty military to not pay income taxes, which I think is a wonderful thing.
BUT THE FOLLOWING GETS INTO THE THORNY PROBLEM SOME MILITARY PEOPLE DO NOT–I repeat–DO NOT WANT ANY SCRUTINY:
I have direct first hand knowledge of an airforce major, and Academy graduate, who at the time in question (1996), owned a home in Colorado Springs, claimed Texas as his residence so as to avoid income taxes on his Colorado military salary, but registered to vote and did actually vote in Colorado for our local and state positions, as well as voting in the presidential race. You see the distinction? He was legally a Colorado domiciliary by registering to vote in Colorado and actually voting in Colorado, but, didn’t want to pay our income taxes, so, he continued to falsely claim Texas was his domicile. In fact, I got the distinct impression that at least in his case, every time this major moved to a new state, he registered to vote in the new state–but always falsely claimed Texas as his domicile so as to avoid taxes.
I do not know what Bentley Rayburn did on voting, whether he considered his domicile as portable as this one major did so as to vote wherever he lived, but never pay taxes in any state in which he voted. It should be a point of questioning, as should be whether he ever voted at all at any time in any state in his 30 years prior to changing his residence to Colorado in 2006.
I think your criticism is fair. Many times bloggers have broken stories wide open when the media failed. Dan Rather probably wisher bloggers had not been so darned persistent also. I still dont think any legal action will be taken, but Rayburn had better be ready to defend this in all the debates.
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Cranks won’t challenge the Bentster on this himself.
Tar baby.
But now I know what Hotaling is up to.
Starting up a new 527 group to swiftboat another vet for serving the nation.
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People have a right to know a couple things about Rayburn if he wants to be our “leader”. First, how long has he considered CD5 his home. If it has been for 3 decades as he said, then why did he not vote or pay taxes here according to the law. There is nothing swift boatish about that, they are fair questions that give insight into his loyalty to our district rather than to DC ambitions. I would not have a problem if Rayburn said he decided last year to make Colorado his home and thought that he would make a good rep here. The problem is that his statements dont match up.
the mainstream press has spiked this story line.
something about how,
if people don’t find it interesting,
it won’t sell newspapers.
nobody else is carrying it.
that’s why we are so lucky to have you to keep posting the same story,
which never seems to get old.
“in a ‘a twisted act of hypocrisy,’
uppity armed forces veteran doesn’t know his place,
mistakenly thinks that years of service entitle him to participate in politics.”
“anybody who refuses to buy an overpriced house in a weakening market is a terrorist. and hates America. and is unfit for elective office.”
“the 2-party system,
and the party machines that produce consensus candidates who have paid their dues to these machines,
have served us so well in the past,
we should not do anything to upset the finely tuned system.”
there hasn’t been a diary on this since, oh,
when did you go on vacation ?
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the new guy who supports Lamborn, I think he goes by NEWSMAN, goes through a laundry list of issues where he thinks his guy supports the correct positions.
or,
one could continually rehash irrelevancies is a weak ad hominem
(the man himself, not the issues) attack.
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CD-5 Line,
… you are farsighted.
you look past the basic question of who would make the best candidate,
or
whether we should let folks vote for whoever they want to vote for,
and with your vision,
you have already decided who we should have represent us in Washington.
thank you for deciding for us.
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But, I commend you nevertheless.
even if I don’t know what it’s for.
I love the attention.