Bob Dold's Residency Problem: 'Lifelong Resident' Of IL-10 Was Gone For 20 Years

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Source: Huffington Post

Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk, who represents Illinois's 10th District in Congress, saw his lead over Democrat Alexi Giannoulias erased after a resume-inflation scandal broke this summer. Kirk claimed to have won an award that doesn't exist, commanded the Pentagon War Room and taken fire over Iraq when he actually did not.Now, the Republican running to replace him in the Tenth has an exaggeration problem of his own, albeit of a less high-flying nature.

"I've lived in this district my entire life, and I'm raising my kids here too," narrates candidate Bob Dold in a campaign video. (Watch the video below.)Trouble is, that first bit isn't quite true. As one blogger has dutifully reported, Dold has spent almost all of his adult life outside of the district.And public records show Dold has voted consistently in Wilmette, a suburb in the 10th, which means by law that he had to reside in the district 30 days before each election.

And as Ellen of the Tenth reports, Dold didn't move back into his home district until 2007, after 20 straight years of absence.Instead, while working in Oak Brook, he and his wife owned a home in Chicago's Roscoe Village neighborhood. According to documents unearthed by Gill's blog, they received a property tax exemption on that home in multiple years that would require the Dolds to use it as their primary residence.They sold the home in January of 2007 and apparently moved back into the district around that time, taking up residency in a home owned by Dold's parents in Kenilworth.Thus, fewer than three years of Dold's adult life have been spent living in the district.

The Chicago Sun-Times has picked up on the story, learning that the county is starting to worry about the legality of Dold's voting habits:When this apparent discrepancy was called to Cook County Clerk David Orr's attention Tuesday, his office called the Cook County State's Attorney's office to turn over the information.
"When things like this are brought to our attention, we take it very seriously and we forward it to States Attorney's office for review," said Orr spokeswoman Courtney Greve....

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/bob-dolds-residency-probl_n_744090.html

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1. I'm not worried one bit if a candidate lies

One should assume that from the beginning, unless proven otherwise.

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2. Maybe he can get to live in Joliet.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. "Bob Dole doesn't like Bob Dold." - Bob Dole (R-Viagra) nt

[Historic NY]

4. IOKIYR.

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5. How can you tell when a Repug is lying? A. When his/her lips move