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Raese's riches in West Virginia, Florida
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 24, 2010 02:58pm |
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| Author | MAGGIE HABERMAN |
| News Date | Friday, September 24, 2010 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Raese leads a lavish lifestyle that's included over 15 cars, boats and motorcycles, a home in Florida where his family lives full-time and where, records show, he paved the driveway with marble in 2008 as the economy was nosediving.
The fact of Raese's family living in another state fulltime almost certain to come up on the campaign trail.
Elizabeth and John Raese have a nearly 7,000-square-foot home, one where in 2008 — shortly after the first of the TARP package was being allocated — the Raeses put in permits to repave their marble driveway with fresh pink stone. They've also claimed homeowners' exemptions, which are available only to Florida state residents, including a $25,000 one this year, according to Palm Beach County property records, because of his wife's residence.
Raese campaign manager Jim Dornan said that while his family lives in Florida, the candidate lives and votes in West Virginia and insisted one thing has nothing to do with the other.
On the trail, Raese has had some swank accomodations, flying around on a private jet of his own, which, according to press accounts, he's used to head to Florida at least five times in the past three months. He's owned properties in Florida for well over a decade, and his kids went to school there — a fact, he's said, that comes from his desire to have them attend a system he "believes in." |
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