Bob Dold (R-Screwed) is in a bit of trouble.
What was congressional candidate Bob Dold’s “primary residence” from 2004 to 2006?
He received about $4,000 in tax breaks during those years for claiming a homeowner’s exemption on his house in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood, according to the Cook County Assessor’s office.
But he voted in every primary and general election in Winnetka, according to the Cook County Clerk’s office. That’s in the North Shore 10th Congressional District where Dold, the Republican nominee, boasts he is a “life-long resident.”
When this apparent discrepancy was called to Cook County Clerk David Orr’s attention Tuesday, his office called the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office to turn over the information.
“When things like this are brought to our attention, we take it very seriously and we forward it to States Attorney’s office for review,” said Orr spokeswoman Courtney Greve.
Multiple GOP sources started yelling ACORN! until they realized it was one of their guys.
Dold had to declare his residence in Roscoe Village was his principle residence for the year in question and so he is trying to distinguish between a permanent residence and a principal residence. I don’t know the case law, but it’s a pretty tough distinction to make. What is interesting is his wife is an IRS attorney and so ignorance or mistake isn’t going to fly in this case.
Turns out he has more problems:
Mary Stowell is a lawyer whose old job at the U.S. Attorney’s office kept her out of politics. But now in private practice, she’s making up for lost time.
“I felt it was my duty to file this complaint,” the Winnetka resident said after noting irregularities in Republican Bob Dold’s July report to the Federal Election Commission.
Dold is running for U.S Representative of Illinois 10th Congressional District, a seat vacated by Rep. Mark Kirk.
“I noticed he made very careful filings of expenditures under two dollars and I couldn’t imagine why an expenditure of this size was not listed,” Stowell explains of a motor coach that was used in Dold’s ads as part of a bus tour he touted post-primary and through the summer. In April, the cost was disclosed as about $15,000, but in July’s report, it wasn’t there.
Yeah, haven’t received a bill yet doesn’t work for an expense of that size. But it’s a nice try.
Dold is a lawyer who is running for Congress.
Congresscritters write laws.
Maybe Dold the lawyer who wants to write laws needs to learn how to read laws first.
“But the dog ate my bus bill” doesn’t fly when the guy freakin didn’t list any of the tacos and ice cream cones and donuts he bought either!
And seeing as how he also put down unlisted income for the quarter on his amended file this wasn’t about not getting a bill in the mail.
It was about Dold’s campaign staff being inept amateurs who couldn’t get a cockroach elected in bugtown.