THE COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE MAKING
THE DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT IS
APPROPRIATE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OUR CANDIDATE-CANDIDATE
QUESTIONS.
YOU WILL BE ASKING THE QUESTION
FIRST.
PLEASE TAKE 30 SECONDS.
ANSWER ABOUT A MINUTE.
REBUTTALS AS MR. HAVENSTEIN --
STYNE.
YOU STATED YOU WOULD MAKE
MARYLAND YOUR PRIMARY
RESIDENCE
AND RECEIVED A TAX CREDIT FOR
THAT.
YOU WERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHEN
YOU DECIDED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR.
YOU DECIDED NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS
YOUR PRIMA
MARYLAND THEN DECIDED THEY WOULD
LIKE THE TAX CREDIT MONEY BACK.
THIS HAS BEEN A CAMPAIGN, AND I
THINK WE HAVE BOTH TRIED TO MAKE
CAMPAIGN, ABOUT SOLUTIONS
FOCUSED ON NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS,
THIS HAS BEEN A CLOUD HANGING
OV
I AM GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
WOULD YOU COMMIT TONIGHT THAT IN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS YOU WOULD
WRITE YOUR $9,000 CHECK TO THE
STATE OF MARYLAND AND SETTLE
THIS, SO WE CAN GO INTO THIS
ELECTION WITH A CLEAN SLATE?
SURE.
ANDREW, YOU KNOW THIS HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH TAXES.
IT HAS TO DO WITH POLITICS.
JUDY AND I HAVE ALWAYS FULFILLED
OUR TAX OBLIGATIONS WHEREVER WE
LIVED AND WORKED.
THE BALLOT LAW COMMISSION
ACTUALLY DID NOT DETERMINE MY
PRIMARY RESIDENCY.
THEY DETERMINED MY DOMICILE,
WHICH IS THE CRITERIA FOR BEING
ELIGIBLE
FOR BEING SERVING --
FOR BEING ELECTED AS GOVERNOR.
MY PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN MARYLAND
IS THE RESULT OF THE FACT THAT
FOR MORE THAN 183 DAYS IN THE
YEAR, WHILE I WAS WORKING IN
MARYLAND, I HAD A RESIDENCE IN
MARYLAND.
THAT WAS THE CRITERIA.
THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THAT TAX
CREDIT -- NOT EXEMPTION.
BUT BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED
ADDITIONAL TAX STATEMENTS FROM
MARYLAND, I HAVE ALREADY PAID
THEM.
I PAID THEM UNDER PROTEST.
WE ARE LOOKING INTO MAKING SURE
WE UNDERSTAND THE
