Hales: "I did it for love" (or maybe not)
This is a pretty funny response by Charlie Hales, the Portland mayoral candidate who just Dudleyed himself. It wasn't the thousands and thousands of tax dollars he saved by not paying Oregon taxes on his out-of-state income. Oh no -- he claimed Washington residency for tax purposes only because he loves his wife and moved to her house up there. So let's just forget about it and elect him mayor.
Most comical of all, he's still hedging his bets:
If my tax preparer's review, which I requested, shows the need to correct the original returns, that will be done.
Wow. Charlie, you either legitimately lived in Washington for those years, breaking Oregon election law, or you still lived in Oregon and you broke the Oregon tax law. Neither is acceptable. But the hemming and hawing is making it worse. You need to pick one story and go with it. If you can't even account for your own home address, you're not fit to be mayor.
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Comments (11)
Clearly he has the stuff to be OUS Chancellor though!
Posted by UO Matters | June 28, 2011 5:21 PM
Maybe he'll split the diff and declare himself actually homeless all that time. More believable than his yarns so far. Go by time machine!
Posted by Mojo | June 28, 2011 5:40 PM
Now cut that out. What Charlie did was perfectly legal; you can vote in Oregon elections as long as you maintain a skateboard or a bicycle somewhere within the state. He's covered.
Posted by Max | June 28, 2011 6:13 PM
Well, if Oregon has a US senator whose family lives in NY, Charlie must have thought he could do this too..... Of course, not all pols are created as equals when it comes to how laws are enforced.
Posted by LucsAdvo | June 28, 2011 6:29 PM
During the Wiener fiasco I heard a commentator say something interesting when quizzed about the apparent "double standard" when liberals (Clinton/Wiener et al) are caught in sexcapades vs. Republicans (Larry Craig/Mark Stanford et al).
She said that liberal tax cheats are more akin to right wing sexual miscreants. You cannot preach at people about something then do the opposite and expect a pass.
Posted by John | June 28, 2011 6:47 PM
There's a perfectly logical explanation for this. The Honorable Mr. Hales simply exercised the judgment of Solomon. He paid the Washington income tax and the Oregon sales tax.
Posted by Roger | June 28, 2011 9:43 PM
"...Tax the fellow behind the tree."
Posted by Mister Tee | June 28, 2011 10:02 PM
Boggles the mind that he couldn't see this coming.
Posted by dyspeptic | June 28, 2011 10:14 PM
It would be interesting to check with the Clark County voter registration folks for the the various Washington addresses to see if Charlie was also registered in Washington at the times in question.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | June 29, 2011 6:43 AM
Liars can become Portland's mayor!
Posted by RickN | June 29, 2011 6:54 AM
Liars can become Portland's mayor!
Liars Liarson or just liars in general?
Posted by none | June 29, 2011 1:57 PM