Thread by @ryangrim

.@CarolMillerWV, running against @Ojeda4congress, has been late on her property taxes atleast 78 times, including in 2017. She's worth more than $10 million, so the explanation is not that she can't afford it. Her campaign didn't get back to me, but here's what I think happened/1

According to Cabell County, property taxes are due on July 15. After that it's late, but if you don't pay by Oct. 1, they start charging interest. She has paid interest every year since 1998.

If you don't pay by April 30, it's officially delinquent. See '99, '07, '15 and '17 /2

The property tax she has owed over these years, but not paid on time, adds up to some $88,972.29.

The interest that Cabell County charges, though, is 0.75%. That extremely low, and whenever wealthy people have a chance to get cash at that rate, they take it. /3

In other words, Carol Miller has been using the cash-strapped municipal government of Cabell County to extract extremely low-interest loans. It's a version of wealthy welfare, taken at the expense of the county. /4

I count close to $3,000 in interest for being late on her property taxes on her two homes over the years, in exchange for what is effectively a low-interest loan.

@CarolMillerWV says she is running "to cut the bull out of politics." /5

She's the daughter of a congresswoman and one of the richest people in West Virginia theintercept.com/2018/05/22/wes…

Here's @lhfang from yesterday about how the race between her and @Ojeda4congress has become a proxy war between coal miners and coal mine owners.
theintercept.com/2018/10/24/wes…