Alsobrooks missed the deadline to pay her tax bill

[Anonymous]

David Trone must be wondering where his opposition research was. This was low-hanging fruit.

I voted for Alsobrooks because to me the vote was about control of the Senate not the candidates. I also figured there would be an open seat again soon because the mortgage fraud and local tax fraud suggested that there was also federal income tax fraud, which the government actually prosecutes people for.

[Anonymous]

"only the little people pay taxes"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's been busy ok?!
I'm sure she'll pay it, pay any fine, and move on

Exactly. But she is a black woman. Totally different standard than that for a rapist and a felon they elected.

Trump stands alone with EVERYTHING he is getting away with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a mostly reliable voter for the Democratic party but this is the kind of incompetence that makes me mad. Why did the party not do their due diligence before she was on the primary ballot? I know they don't want to find out these things but that's one of the party's jobs. It sounds like there was no vetting of the candidate.

Maybe she's got a perfectly good explanation for it. Maybe the cases have been taken totally out of context. Doesn't matter.
I should not be learning about her taxes from an string of strong, coherent attack ads from Hogan and his PACs. The Alsobrooks campaign did not respond when the ads first appeared and never responded in the MONTHs that followed.

She's lucky that the Republican party is toxic to people like me. Ten years ago I would not have hesitated to pull the lever for a popular, two-term governor who has demonstrated experience working across the aisle.

I told my wife that I also might be in the market for a I hate Biden t-shirt, although I'd only wear it around the house.

I voted for Alsobrooks but there's too many of these stories surrounding her. Not paying tax bill, not getting permits for her rental properties. I voted for Trone over her in the primary. I can only think the party leaders pushed Alsobrooks because they didn't want MD to have two white guys as a senator. It's this kind of crap that is really hurting Democrats.

And it doesn't really hurt Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:David Trone must be wondering where his opposition research was. This was low-hanging fruit.

I voted for Alsobrooks because to me the vote was about control of the Senate not the candidates. I also figured there would be an open seat again soon because the mortgage fraud and local tax fraud suggested that there was also federal income tax fraud, which the government actually prosecutes people for.

No, they don't, if you make a boring filing error and correct it when notified

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:David Trone must be wondering where his opposition research was. This was low-hanging fruit.

I voted for Alsobrooks because to me the vote was about control of the Senate not the candidates. I also figured there would be an open seat again soon because the mortgage fraud and local tax fraud suggested that there was also federal income tax fraud, which the government actually prosecutes people for.

No, they don't, if you make a boring filing
error and correct it when notified

Is that what you think happened here with the federal income taxes? Seems more willful when you consider there was mortgage fraud and local tax fraud too.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]David Trone must be wondering where his opposition research was. This was low-hanging fruit.

I voted for Alsobrooks because to me the vote was about control of the Senate not the candidates. I also figured there would be an open seat again soon because the mortgage fraud and local tax fraud suggested that there was also federal income tax fraud, which the government actually prosecutes people for. [/quote]

No, they don't, if you make a boring filing
error and correct it when notified [/quote]

Is that what you think happened here with the federal income taxes? Seems more willful when you consider there was mortgage fraud and local tax fraud too. [/quote]

Can you explain how she violated federal income taxes?

Hint - you can’t.

She violated a technical element of DC property tax regulations. This is a District issue, not a federal tax issue. When she inherited the house from her grandparents she should’ve removed the Senior Homestead Deduction. This provided her a bigger homestead property tax credit than she otherwise should’ve received as a non-elderly owner. The IRS has no skin in enforcement of this issue, it falls squarely on the DC Office of Tax and Revenue.

Like I said, no one cares because Marylanders hate paying anything to the DC local government *middle finger*

[Anonymous]

I was open to being upset about this but it just seems like a sloppy personal paperwork error. She needs to clean it up but it’s not important. It’s just late taxes and penalties. No biggie.

It wouldn’t be enough to make me like David Trone, personally. It might be a tie breaker, I guess. But nothing that would make me vote for Larry Hogan for Senate.

I really think any Republican who tries to tell me this should be disqualifying is acting in bad faith, after I read about it.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]David Trone must be wondering where his opposition research was. This was low-hanging fruit.

I voted for Alsobrooks because to me the vote was about control of the Senate not the candidates. I also figured there would be an open seat again soon because the mortgage fraud and local tax fraud suggested that there was also federal income tax fraud, which the government actually prosecutes people for. [/quote]

No, they don't, if you make a boring filing
error and correct it when notified [/quote]

Is that what you think happened here with the federal income taxes? Seems more willful when you consider there was mortgage fraud and local tax fraud too. [/quote]

Can you explain how she violated federal income taxes?

Hint - you can’t.

She violated a technical element of DC property tax regulations. This is a District issue, not a federal tax issue. When she inherited the house from her grandparents she should’ve removed the Senior Homestead Deduction. This provided her a bigger homestead property tax credit than she otherwise should’ve received as a non-elderly owner. The IRS has no skin in enforcement of this issue, it falls squarely on the DC Office of Tax and Revenue.

Like I said, no one cares because Marylanders hate paying anything to the DC local government *middle finger*[/quote]

And if she didn’t declare her rental income on her federal taxes? She refused to release her returns so it’s a legitimate question whether she declared rental income given the mortgage fraud, the lack of rental license, and the fraudulent claim local credits.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]David Trone must be wondering where his opposition research was. This was low-hanging fruit.

I voted for Alsobrooks because to me the vote was about control of the Senate not the candidates. I also figured there would be an open seat again soon because the mortgage fraud and local tax fraud suggested that there was also federal income tax fraud, which the government actually prosecutes people for. [/quote]

No, they don't, if you make a boring filing
error and correct it when notified [/quote]

Is that what you think happened here with the federal income taxes? Seems more willful when you consider there was mortgage fraud and local tax fraud too. [/quote]

[b]Can you explain how she violated federal income taxes? [/b]

Hint - you can’t.

She violated a technical element of DC property tax regulations. This is a District issue, not a federal tax issue. When she inherited the house from her grandparents she should’ve removed the Senior Homestead Deduction. This provided her a bigger homestead property tax credit than she otherwise should’ve received as a non-elderly owner. The IRS has no skin in enforcement of this issue, it falls squarely on the DC Office of Tax and Revenue.

Like I said, no one cares because Marylanders hate paying anything to the DC local government *middle finger*[/quote]

And if she didn’t declare her rental income on her federal taxes? She refused to release her returns so it’s a legitimate question whether she declared rental income given the mortgage fraud, the lack of rental license, and the fraudulent claim local credits. [/quote]

So you’re positive she included the rental income on her federal taxes? And what about the mortgage fraud?

Look I’m glad she won and that it’s not another seat that Democrats have to make up in 26 but if you’re ok with her conduct then your ethical compass is pretty closely aligned with Trump’s. She should resign her seat as soon as she’s sworn in and let Moore appoint another Democrat.

[Anonymous]

Alsobrooks is also ethically challenged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a mostly reliable voter for the Democratic party but this is the kind of incompetence that makes me mad. Why did the party not do their due diligence before she was on the primary ballot? I know they don't want to find out these things but that's one of the party's jobs. It sounds like there was no vetting of the candidate.

Maybe she's got a perfectly good explanation for it. Maybe the cases have been taken totally out of context. Doesn't matter.
I should not be learning about her taxes from an string of strong, coherent attack ads from Hogan and his PACs. The Alsobrooks campaign did not respond when the ads first appeared and never responded in the MONTHs that followed.

She's lucky that the Republican party is toxic to people like me. Ten years ago I would not have hesitated to pull the lever for a popular, two-term governor who has demonstrated experience working across the aisle.

I told my wife that I also might be in the market for a I hate Biden t-shirt, although I'd only wear it around the house.

I voted for Alsobrooks but there's too many of these stories surrounding her. Not paying tax bill, not getting permits for her rental properties. I voted for Trone over her in the primary. I can only think the party leaders pushed Alsobrooks because they didn't want MD to have two white guys as a senator. It's this kind of crap that is really hurting Democrats.

Yup. She’s the prime example of what’s wrong with the Democratic Party. They don’t trust the people to decide who represents them, probably because as we see daily on this website a lot of Democrats don’t respect people. Instead they want the power to decide who represents us. Sometimes it works, like with Alsobrooks. And sometimes is fails miserably like with Kennedy-Townsend and Anthony Brown. The MD state Democratic Party is the sad combination of corrupt and incompetent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alsobrooks is also ethically challenged.

Something that never gets mentioned is that Jack Johnson was her mentor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alsobrooks is also ethically challenged.

Something that never gets mentioned is that Jack Johnson was her mentor.

And perhaps her babydaddy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares. Zzzzzzzzz.

That's what happens when you gave us DJT.

I give Republicans credit for going after Alsobrooks on this. That must have required an absolutely mind-boggling amount of cognitive dissonance!

Most voters chuckled when Hogan ran those ads. He's no Boy Scout.

Seriously, nobody cares because:
(1) it was property taxes to the District *middle finger*
(2) the messenger himself was too soiled by his own RE dealings and his party's POTUS nominee
(3) Most Marylanders don't pay their camera tickets to the District....why would they look down on Alsobrooks for a tax screwup to the District from a decade ago? Again *middle finger*

If anything, it made Alsobrooks more relatable. LOL

Uh, just a sec, I live in Virginia and I have paid one of those camera tickets in the District and one in MD, should I just be giving the middle finger, too?! 😂