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Originally posted by recyclemichael
OK...bear poop. Define what a "resident" is for us.
The election board says it is any US citizen who "intends to reside in Oklahoma."
The Oklahoma divorce courts define it as "an actual resident, in good faith, for six months."
The Oklahoma State regents for higher education define residency as "A resident of Oklahoma is someone who has lived in the state continuously for at least 12 months and whose domicile is in Oklahoma."
The Oklahoma tax commission defines a resident as "a person domiciled in the state for the entire tax year."
Stop saying stupid stuff. You don't know any details and are trying to smear her with innuendo.
Go away and hibernate.
First, please try to be nicer. You are really hurting my tender feelings. Why SO MUCH anger? Think nice thoughts, like:
May you have a nice day.There, feeling better?
Uh, you left out what the City Charter says about eligibility of candidates, and eligibility of remaining in office.
What's it say?
Either Kathy Taylor is a resident of:
Florida,
or
Oklahoma.
CANNOT be both. NEVER.
Intent of residency is the heart of Voter Registration.
However, it just ain't the same as legal residency to run for Mayor of Tulsa, or remain Mayor.
She's has Florida residency, for Income Tax and Estate Planning purposes. It's obvious.
That's why she elected NOT to draw a salary.
If she draws a salary from the city, she must fill out a W-2.
If she fills out a W-2, the address listed is the state for which her employer takes out State Tax (if any, which there is NOT any state income tax in Florida).
But if she lists her Florida address, she cannot be Mayor. Mayors of Tulsa MUST BE a resident of Tulsa.
Kathy Taylor therefore does NOT qualify to remain as Mayor under the rules of the City Charter, because she is probably NOT a legal resident of Tulsa.
She is a legal resident, I suspect, of FLORIDA.
She and Mr. Lobeck could solve that little problem by releasing their latest Federal Income Tax Form 1040.
We saw the tip of the iceberg in their residency quandry earlier, when they double-claimed homestead exemption in both OK and FL, and since Chatty Kathy had become Mayor, decided to buy themselves out of the RESIDENCY problem by paying another $100K to Florida for breaking their state law concerning Homestead exemption.
While OK allows you to claim homestead in more than one state, FL does NOT.
And, then there's that little matter of voting in TWO states for President back in 2004......
That's CRAZY.
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