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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLiz Cheney IMPROPERLY Received State Resident Fishing Licence Based On INCORRECT INFO
Senate candidate Liz Cheney improperly received a state resident fishing license based on an application with incorrect information, according to Wyoming Game and Fish Department records.Cheney, who last month announced she will challenge Sen. Mike Enzi in the 2014 Republican primary, received her resident license just 72 days after closing on her Wilson house in May 2012. State law requires residents live in the state 365 consecutive days before they can receive a resident hunting or fishing license, which are cheaper than out-of-state licenses.
Cheneys application also lists her as a 10-year resident of Wyoming.
The Game and Fish records are incorrect, Cheney told the Star-Tribune.
The clerk must have made a mistake, she said. I never claimed to be a 10-year resident.
MORE:
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/liz-cheney-listed-as--year-wyomingite-gets-resident-fishing/article_d764ebbc-7d00-5358-88f2-8029198beff7.html
application form available online:
http://wgfd.wyo.gov/web2011/Departments/Hunting/pdfs/RESLIFETIME_LICSTAMP_APP0001471.pdf
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)onyourleft
(726 posts)...the Republican way of life.
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)I can think of lots of things to criticize the Cheneys for. This seems a little silly, really. Minnesota has similar laws, and I had a non-resident fishing license for the first year I lived here. The next year, I bought a resident license. However, if I had waited until I had my Minnesota driver's license, nobody would even have asked how long I had lived here, and I could have purchased a resident license, even before I had lived here a year.
Those rules are there to prevent out-of-state residents from getting resident licenses. That's a good idea, I suppose, but not an earth-shaking problem if someone who has just moved to the state gets a resident license. It's just not that big a deal.
MADem
(135,425 posts)It's entirely appropriate to put her over the coals, particularly if she lied and is now trying to stick the clerk with her prevarications.
This is the fucking nutjob that used to wave her gun around the state department when she was in that middle east job that her father invented for her--she's pond scum.
She is a liar who wants to be a senator--it IS a big deal.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)That someone as rich as her would cheat to save a few bucks on a fishing license--
I wonder if they would prosecute a lesser personage who did this.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)You don't just sign shit without reading it, or if you do, you may pay the consequences.
If I was caught doing the same thing, you can be damned sure the state would prosecute me.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)ETA: especially when it is a rich outsider--no matter the name--doing it.
tanyev
(42,556 posts)Let's see the original long form!
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)and it reveals the typical sense of privilege of the rich and infamous.
I can't wait to hear the clerk tell the truth of the matter.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Also a public service announcement for Bjork: If you are at all inclined to go camping in Wyoming, you should not wear this outfit:
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)And make her drop her candidacy.
Baitball Blogger
(46,706 posts)Looks like someone cut the red tape for her. Typical local or state government ploy.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...well that's one person who won't be voting for her, anyway.
If I were the clerk who took her information I'd be talking to a reporter right about now...
malaise
(268,998 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)You can claim your birth state
You can claim your parents/ancestors' state
You can have many homes in many states and choose whenever the need arises
MANY politicians have had sketchy connections to their districts/states they were elected to represent...
"Residency" should be the place you read/receive your mail..where your kids physically attend school, where you park your car..etc..
For people with multiple residences, there is a formula that states use to assess taxes, so it IS possible to determine which ONE state has to/gets to "claim" you as a primary resident. To all others, you are but a visitor..
and it's not only republicans who have had issues with the carpetbagger-image
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)ETA: They are very picky about residency status for hunting and fishing licenses.
KinMd
(966 posts)besides some photo-op