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BIG WHEEL BENZ THE RULES (Charlie Rangel, D-NY, has illegally stored car in House garage for years)
The New York Post ^ | September 18, 2008 | DAPHNE RETTER

Posted on 09/18/2008 4:29:36 AM PDT by Stoat

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Rep. Charles Rangel has been using a House of Representatives parking garage for years as free storage space for his old Mercedes-Benz - a violation of congressional rules and a potential new tax woe for the embattled lawmaker, The Post has learned.

The 1972 silver sedan is registered to Rangel, who is already under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, and is parked in a coveted section of an indoor lot, near elevators that lead to his office.

The car is covered with a protective tarp and has no license plates. Rangel's registration on the vehicle expired in 2004, state records show.

House rules forbid use of the garage for long-term storage more than 45 days - and congressional aides told The Post that Rangel's car has been sitting there for years.

The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is under fire for numerous lapses.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: charlierangel; congress; corruption; harlem; mercedes; newyork; rangel
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THE CHARLIEMOBILE: Rangel's '72 Mercedes - on which his registration expired in 2004 - remains parked in the House garage, in violation of congressional rules.

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TRICKY CHARLIE'S CARIB 'HIDEAWAY'(SHADY FILINGS ON BEACH-VILLA RENTAL INCOME; Charlie Rangel, D-NY)

 

Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel dozes on the beach at the Punta Cana Resort, where he owns and rents out a villa. He was squeezing in some vacation time before attending the Democratic convention.

1 posted on 09/18/2008 4:29:37 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat
Your taxpayer dollars at work.


2 posted on 09/18/2008 4:31:18 AM PDT by library user
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Charliemobile
3 posted on 09/18/2008 4:33:40 AM PDT by Stoat (Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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To: library user

So this guy has basically used his job to live the cushy life. He has been allowed to live like a king because he is black and makes the house look “diverse”.

This morning in WSJ a columnist said don’t ask if Sararh Palin is fit to run Wahsington. WASHINGTON IS BARELY FIT TO BE RUN.

What a cess pool our nation’s capital has become.


4 posted on 09/18/2008 4:34:00 AM PDT by TurtleStink
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To: Stoat

What happens to Charlie is one of the high points right now!


5 posted on 09/18/2008 4:34:55 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: TurtleStink
So this guy has basically used his job to live the cushy life.

Who does he think he is, a congressman?
6 posted on 09/18/2008 4:38:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
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To: Stoat


7 posted on 09/18/2008 4:40:58 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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I would have expected his car to look a bit more like this:

 

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8 posted on 09/18/2008 4:45:07 AM PDT by Stoat (Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is under fire for numerous lapses.

Just lapses, folks, nothing serious. Move along, nothing to see here ...

9 posted on 09/18/2008 4:46:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
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To: Stoat

He is hiding the car from the repo man


10 posted on 09/18/2008 4:47:33 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Conservation? Let the NE Yankees freeze.... in the dark)
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To: Tax-chick

I’m sorry - The MSM are running columns about whether Sarah actually needs glasses or not.

Democrat corruption (about how much Rangel and Obama got from Wall Street) is to be ignored.


11 posted on 09/18/2008 4:50:34 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

If Obama is elected, he’ll probably be put in the Cabinet as one of the MODEL Democrats of America. No wonder the economy is in a mess. Go girl PELOSI.


12 posted on 09/18/2008 4:51:39 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Stoat

park it in harlem


13 posted on 09/18/2008 4:54:45 AM PDT by devane617 (Fish died on his Harley when he hit a camel at dusk.)
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To: Stoat

By the looks of the Benz Picture, it was taken by someone who wasn’t supposed to be pulling the tarp off of the car. They’re lucky they didn’t get killed...


14 posted on 09/18/2008 4:56:00 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Tax-chick
The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is under fire for numerous lapses.

Just lapses, folks, nothing serious. Move along, nothing to see here ...

LMAO!

 It goes like this

At the time of the Lewinsky matter, didn't Hillary! say something along the lines of "she was just a troubled girl that Bill was ministering to"?

When adultery with a girl the age of your own daughter can be redefined as "ministering", then I suppose that numerous instances of tax fraud and corruption can be redefined as "lapses".

15 posted on 09/18/2008 4:56:38 AM PDT by Stoat (Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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And San Fran Nan and her cohorts just took another dump in America’s face by rewarding this crooked clown with $1.15 billion piece of pork in an energy bill. How much more of this are you going take, America?


16 posted on 09/18/2008 4:57:52 AM PDT by LRS (NO DRILLING; NO PEACE!)
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This morning in WSJ a columnist said don’t ask if Sararh Palin is fit to run Wahsington. WASHINGTON IS BARELY FIT TO BE RUN.

How true. That's tag line material there!

17 posted on 09/18/2008 4:58:28 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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Rangel’s pricey real estate deals and financial connections to several tax-exempt entities are a huge red flag.

The IRS says the biggest potential for IRS fraud are tax-exempt non-profits doing deals with other tax-exempt non-profits----all posing as do-gooder "foundations" and “charities.” The NY Post reports at least three tax-exempt entities connected to Rangel‘s finances:

(1) The Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service (Rangel co-opted $2 million via Capitol Hill allocations, plus another $700,000 from Dept of HUD),

(2) The NY Carib News Foundation (organized financing for Rangel’s Caribbean trips),

(3) The Ann S. Kheel Charitable Trust---aids disadvantaged neighborhoods (gave $440,000 to The Charles B. Rangel Center) the largest single donation in the charity's 4-year history. Theordore Kheel, Esq, VP of Grupo Punta Cana Operating Company, (mortgage holder on Rangel’s luxury villa), donated $17,000 to Rangel's congressional campaigns and $52,000 to a Rangel-run political action committee since 1990, federal filings show. (Ann Kheel is his late wife).

The "tax-exempt Carib News Foundation" subsidized Rangel’s trips to luxury island resorts---perfect places to hide money from the taxman.

The published list of known money-laundering havens includes Panama, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Cook Islands, Dominica, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Panama, the Philippines, St. Kitts, Israel, and the Grenadines. Suspected tax havens include Cyprus, Gibraltar, Monaco, and Antigua.

Suspected tax fraud and tax law violations can be reported to IRS TOLL-FREE 1-800-829-0433 (You may remain anonymous).

18 posted on 09/18/2008 5:01:04 AM PDT by Liz (Taxpayer: one who works for the govt but doesn't have to take a civil service test. R. Reagan.)
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The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, is under fire for numerous lapses. “

Media just cannot call any Dimorat what they are—corrupt!!

Lapses??? LAPSES???

What does it take for someone to tell the truth? The powerhouses in this country need a a good cleaning.


19 posted on 09/18/2008 5:02:26 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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No one has mentioned the obvious.It is a sceurity threat.

In a post 9/11 world, a tarp covered car in the House garage could be used filled with explosives.

Did anyone other than this photgrapher ever check this car?

And this clown is from NYC?


20 posted on 09/18/2008 5:06:36 AM PDT by exit82 (The only person that could get me to vote for John McCain is Sarah Palin -God bless her)
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