SarahP is a Real American!

So here’s the thing: if you (a Real American) bought property and later put up a couple of cabins or houses or whatever, would you notify the local tax folks to let them know that the value of the property had changed so that they could adjust your property tax? It would definitely make me sit back and mull it over.

But…if you’re a politician, you should be doing everything by the book. Why give someone ammunition against you?

But if you are Sarah Palin, you’re a Real American, so you do what you think most Real Americans would do. Or you just don’t care. And keep in mind, this all went down while she was still Governor of Alaska.

From the Associated Press:

Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor.

There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday in an aerial survey. Property taxes totaling $156.13 were paid on the land in 2009 — but that bill did not include anything for the structures because the local assessor didn't know about the new construction nearly 100 miles north of Anchorage.

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Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said it is not the responsibility of property owners to report structures that go up on their land.

"It is the borough's job," he said in an e-mail. "The property taxes on this parcel are fully paid and have never been delinquent."

Dunivan, however, said owners are required by state law to report any omissions or errors in their tax assessments. Often, the borough learns of new structures in remote areas when neighbors report them. Dunivan said no one has called the borough on the Palin lots, among many in the region to add structures, the flyover survey found.

To me, this is a real scandal. The John Edwards thing is a disgrace and shows him to be a total scumbag but this is breaking the law. (Although adultery is breaking one of the 10 commandments, I know. And might even be illegal is some states – but mostly that appeals to our interest in sex scandals because so many people are sexually repressed. But don’t get me started on that.)

I know that this will never be mentioned on Fox News and if it is, it will be dismissed as a minor thing that we all do that’s being exaggerated by the left to attack poor SarahP.

In my opinion, elected officials should be expected to follow the law. All the laws. Cause I live in a fantasy world.