Posted on 08/31/2008 1:01:42 PM PDT by fightinJAG
For 20 years, Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel has owned a beachfront villa in a sun-drenched Dominican Republic resort, yet has only sporadically declared income on the property in federal filings.
Rangel Beach Villa Photo Gallery
While the villa was rented to paying guests for the past two years, for instance, Rangel reported no income from it in 2006 and 2007, The Post has learned. As a congressman, failure to fully list all income and investments can result in civil penalties or criminal charges.
The powerful Ways and Means Committee chairman, a Democrat, owns "casita" No. 412 on the Caribbean Sea at the Punta Cana Hotel, on the lush eastern tip of the country, where he is affectionately known as "el senador."
His three-bedroom, three-bath villa, which can accommodate three couples, is rented for between $500 in the low season to $1,100 a night in the busiest tourist season and is one of the resort's most popular, managers and staff say.
"You are requesting the best casita on the beach," a reservations manager told a Post reporter posing as a customer.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Oh that rascally Charlie Rangel again.... he’s got da Ways and he sure uses da Means. Pays to be a Dem congresscritter
nowadys ay? Throw in a little of that minority status and presto.....ride the gravy train express to the bank. Charlie has no problem raising our taxes since he doesn’t pay his ‘fair share’ DEMS...thy name is Hypocrite!
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