Who has the story on Rmoney using his son's basement as a voting address?

[panader0]

Don't yell at me, I have a dial-up. But now is the time to get this story in the mix too.Can you even imagine Mittens living in a basement? What is the law on this BS?

[myrna minx]

1. Here's a DU discussion about this from April:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002575315

[panader0]

2. As Reverend Al is saying, we're seeing a pattern

The basement BS is part of it too. Pile it on.

[Historic NY]

3. Mitts basement...

Mitt Romney lived in his son’s unfinished basement in Belmont, Massachusetts in 2010 – or at least that what he claimed to the state to be able to vote last year, says GOP candidate Fred Karger.

If that’s true, Romney showed a true commitment to voting for Republican Senator Scott Brown in last year’s special election, since he owns a $12.5 million home in La Jolla, Calif. and a $10 million home in New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee – but no home in the state he was once governor.

Not that he was exactly roughing it. Romney’s son Tagg and his wife greatly improved the property in recent years adding an in-ground pool and a jacuzzi to the rebuilt property that spans three old lots, bumping its assessed value up to $3.8 million.

Still, as Belmont, Mass. property assessment records I dug up show, the basement is unfinished – hardly the standard the former investment banker would be used to. Here’s a portion of the property record (Belmont Property View). I have edited the image to highlight the basement description. Here is the full record: Belmont Property View full. As a public record you can find the full report also through the town of Belmont here. The property was last inspected by the town on June 21, 2010, well after the state’s January special election that filled Ted Kennedy’s old seat


http://www.forbes.com/sites/brendancoffey/2011/06/15/did-mitt-romney-live-in-his-sons-unfinished-basement-last-year/

[panader0]

4. What qualifies "living in the basement"? How many days?

Did he spend one night? Unfinished? Sure, Mittie would "live" in an unfinished basement.
Thanks for the link. I hope someone makes more out of this. Pile it on!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. Interesting article today on Daily KOS about Mitt's residence

Apparently, Mitt testified before the Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission in 2002, telling them that he did not leave Bain in 1999 but only took a leave of absence.

"And why was Mitt Romney testifying before the Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission? Because, it turns out, for three years he paid property taxes to Utah while claiming his $3.8 million Park City mansion was his "primary residence." And unless he could convince the Commission that was a mistake and that his tony Belmont estate was still home, Bain Capital CEO Romney would never have become Governor Romney."

He received a $54,600 tax discount from Utah on his property taxes from 1999 to 2001. But when he wanted to run for Governor in Massachusetts, he called that a mistake and changed his tax return to reflect a Massachusetts residence. He also had to convince the Mass. Commission that he still was a resident of the state because he still worked for Bain. But now that he wants to be President, he again has changed his story and claims he didn't work for Bain.

Talk about a complex tissue contradicting lies.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/12/1109157/-Why-Romney-flip-flopped-on-Bain-departure-date