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To: TopCat who wrote (306513)	10/15/2006 7:35:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583374

Why haven't you answered my question? Why do you know anything about NAMBLA? I'd never heard of it until you brought it up. Where did you say your cave was? NAMBLA has been on the lips of many GOPers for years. For most of those years, we thought it was because they were hoping to catch a Dem who might be a member. Who knew that it was the GOP participating in NAMBLA like activities! ;-)

To: TopCat who wrote (306513)	10/15/2006 7:40:15 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1583374

Oops! Another GOP scandal! Do any of your leaders do the job they were elected to do without lining their pockets? In fact, do they work at all? Hunter got break on taxes for home By Jeff McDonald UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 8, 2006 Back in the winter of 1994, after reapportionment reshaped California's congressional districts, Rep. Duncan Hunter went shopping for a new home. When Rep. Duncan Hunter set out to rebuild his home lost in the Cedar fire, it became clear the tax assessment had been wrong for years. The seven-term Republican from Coronado headed east, to the foothills outside El Cajon, where he discovered what would become his quiet retreat from the vagaries of Beltway politics. The house in Alpine was in bad shape. Hunter and his wife, Helynn, looked past the leaky roof, water-stained drywall and torn-up floors and saw 2.7 acres of potential. They paid the $175,000 asking price and poured $160,000 into repairs and improvements. Tax rolls listed the property as a two-bedroom, 2½-bath house with 2,946 square feet of living space. The property records were wrong. According to Hunter's insurance carrier, the house was more than twice that size – about 6,200 square feet. The property also featured a 2,000-square-foot guest house, a swimming pool and tennis court. A county assessor visited the six-bedroom house soon after Hunter bought it and took pictures, the congressman said. But the home's description wasn't corrected in the property file. The house was reappraised at $249,000 – above the sale price but below its market value. The discrepancy resulted in Hunter paying less in taxes than others in similar-sized properties, although the amount he saved is not clear. The county relies on square footage, lot size, comparable home sales and other factors to calculate assessments, but does not discuss specific parcels without a release from the homeowner. Hunter refused to give assessors permission to discuss details about his property with The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has been examining the holdings of public officials since a bribery scandal last year sent former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham to federal prison. Hunter said it was not his responsibility to make sure property records – and the resulting tax assessments – are correct. “All I know is what the county gives me,” said Hunter, a lawyer before his election to Congress. “They sent a person on the premises when I bought it. He said, 'This is what you owe.' We simply paid it. We've paid it ever since.” signonsandiego.com