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Sep 22 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Can you imagine being the Pennsylvania and DC-NY media, and being scooped on John Fetterman (mayor and then Pa. LG) being SUED by his school district for unpaid taxes? It happened in 2015 and now again in 2022. #pasen

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Most of the Fetterman unpaid tax stories are from local Pittsburgh media in 2016. The Free Beacon recently updated the story, noting the liens continued into 2019. (2) #pasen #pagov

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Rule No. 1 about political reportage: You look up all public government records on a candidate. Arrest records. Tax liens and property records. Divorce and family. (Remember when the Tribune sued for the records of Obama's opponent in 2004?) (3)
Rule No. 1 about being a political candidate: Pay your property taxes on time. Nothing angers taxpayers more than a candidate who wants to lord over them, but one who doesn't respect the tax deadlines the taxpayers have to abide by. (4)
Nothing says "aloof" more than John Fetterman and his attitude about paying his school district's property taxes. He just didn't care about the deadlines. Even as he ran for Senate and lieutenant governor. It's weird. #pasen #pagov @droz (5)
Also aloof: The Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer. I don't see any stories on Fetterman's tax liens -- and he ran in 2016 and 2018 for statewide office. The site is behind a paywall. (6)
Thus, non-Philly readers cannot see why the @PhillyInquirer editorial board wrote this gem from Aug. 14: Oz's flimsy attack on Fetterman's finances. Seems not so flimsy to me. (7)

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So, hey, let's bring GOP hater @Will_Bunch in. Hey, Will, how many stories has the Philly Inquirer done on Fetterman's tardy school district property taxes? How many on the liens? Inquiring minds want to know. #pasen (8)
So not a pure scoop by the @FreeBeacon but a good update. Good job by @ChuckRossDC and @elianayjohnson. Shame the national and Penn. media doesn't seem on top of this story. #pasen (9)

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