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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:05 AM
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Her house went from 150K to 500K assessed due to IMPROVEMENTS.
Can you say VECO? Can you say Ted Stevens?


SOmebody needs to check on the home improvements, imo.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:06 AM
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1. Call Thom Hartman with this tomorrow. n/t
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 11:38 AM
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19. I think he would ask for a link, too
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:15 PM
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23. the 2006 Dem research doc I and others posted many times...
near the end
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:18 PM
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24. Page 61, here (PDF doc), land 155K, 388K for the improvements....
http://mudflats.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/palin-2006-vetting.pdf
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:26 PM
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27. "Improvements" is the standard appraiser/ real estate term for houses, sheds, etc.
What is "improved" over an empty lot. This whole thread may be about nothing.
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billyoc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:07 AM
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2. Oh, that's a little too coincidental for me.
:evilgrin:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:07 AM
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3. No one has yet answered what happened to the money $35 billion on the
"computer glitch" on oil pay outs to Alaskan people? :shrug: We need to check the pot there too.
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-08-08 11:08 AM
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30. Hell, I'm trying to figure out how you leave behind a $22 million debt ...
... when you brought in $27 million in earmarks.
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kstewart33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:07 AM
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4. What's the source/link for this info? nt
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:08 AM
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5. wow, those are some pretty nifty improvements. Did they gold replace the porcelin
toilets with solid platinum and the sinks with solid gold?
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:09 AM
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6. Verry interesting.
The home improvement angle was always interesting to me in the Stevens story. Because people always like to remodel your house for free or greatly reduced rates. I mean, I am always bumping into that, aren't you?
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secondwind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:11 AM
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7. where is the source for these posts!
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kurth_ Donating Member (395 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:11 AM
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8. This guy knows:
http://ww1.matsugov.us/admin/

Assessment
Dave Dunivan
907-745-9647
Responsible for discovery and valuation (appraisal) of all real and personal property in the Borough.
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:13 AM
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9. Please post a source for this information
Thanks.
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:24 AM
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14. I'd like that, as well.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:14 AM
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10. Maybe she took a little detour from that
bridge to nowhere like home.
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:20 AM
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11. And those "improvements" were paid for on a Governor's salary, right?
Great catch! :applause:

Send it to KO, too!


:thumbsup:
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:35 AM
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15. $81,000 a year? I don't think so.
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:36 AM
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16. It's an old Alaska tradition, remember
Edited on Sun Sep-07-08 10:37 AM by nichomachus
(CBS/AP) Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.


Sarah Palin was on the 527 committee that tried to cover up for Ted -- now we know why.

(Is this deferential enough?)
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:20 AM
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12. how long did she have the house?
Kind of a critical piece of information.

As well as the improvements. What were they?

How about some facts and details rather than mere bloviations.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:24 AM
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13. Gotta link??
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:37 AM
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17. Oh, that's a good catch! Hell yeah!
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 10:39 AM
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18. Property tax rules are really different in different places.

It might be one of those deals where new valuations don't occur unless an improvement is made or the property is sold. The new assessed value might include equity over years plus the improvement.


Or it could be due to something sketchy.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 11:40 AM
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20. She added a home theater to the igloo.
:hi:

.
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 12:33 PM
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21. I think it may just be a different house.
Online address lookups show Todd Palin with a 2003 address on Westpoint Drive in Wasilla. Current houses for sale on that street are listed at $172,000 or a little higher.

But the 2004 address on Parks Highway comes up on zillow.com with a 2006 assessed value of $526,800.

I'm going to look into this a little more, but my guess is they simply moved to more luxurious digs.

(Hmmm, that's odd. Half of Wasilla is blurred out on Google maps. Creeping Cheney-itis?)
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Scriptor Ignotus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 01:33 PM
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22. yea but $200K of that was all bear rugs
and mounted moose heads.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:19 PM
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25. Link at post 24
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:21 PM
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26. Excellent find!
:kick:
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 03:27 PM
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28. I'm afraid this is a dry well. nt.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-07-08 04:16 PM
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29. methinks you are correct. time to kill this thread.
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