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to from this property...she is...my understanding the Vice-Chair of <br /> • <br /> the Finance Committee...and a business owner from more than <br /> thirty-five years but apparently...doesn't understand the difference <br /> between income and profit because when she was questioned about <br /> this she said well it had never turned a profit so therefore...I didn't <br /> disclose it...any of the income from it...I know that you know just <br /> having done my taxes...I never profit off of any money I made <br /> from my job...vacation rental...my farming...you know I can't tell <br /> the IRS that well I'm just not going to put it down here because it <br /> wasn't a profit...that wouldn't fly with the IRS and shouldn't fly <br /> with her statement and I think is incumbent on her to provide proof <br /> that she has filed GE taxes...what would be evidence of ever <br /> having more than a thousand income is she ever had a GE or TA <br /> tax filing of a hundred and thirty-four dollars or more in any of the <br /> years that she's been on the Council...if she...if there's evidence <br /> that she's paid more than that...that means that she's taking in <br /> more than a thousand dollars and would be required to have <br /> disclosed that income...she never has...she's also not provided <br /> proof that she has filed her taxes...the statement in the original <br /> article is incorrect...Ms. Cook-Lauer just took her word of her <br /> saying that she had filed the taxes but she didn't actually get any <br /> evidence and...no proof has been provided that she has...so there's <br /> questions not only about whether she should recuse herself or not <br /> but whether if it's appropriate for a Council member to lie to a <br /> member of the public and say that they don't...have never owned <br /> any rental of any kind when they know they have a vacation rental <br /> currently...what is also different...I know the lawyer spoke earlier <br /> that...well you know if you have a car then you couldn't legislate <br /> anything about cars okay...well it's not that you have a car...it's <br /> that if you were renting out your car as a business...then yes if you <br /> were proposing legislation that had to do with car rental businesses <br /> you'd have to recuse yourself..if I was on the Council as a banana <br /> farmer...if I were to pass something that said all...of all other <br /> farmers have to register and pay five hundred dollars a year to run <br /> their farm...except banana farmers...that would be a conflict of <br /> interest because I would be harming the competition...creating <br /> basically a tax that they would have to pay it that I would be <br /> exempted from and that's exactly what's happening with bill <br /> 108...is she...is basically adding a burden to the competition that <br /> is outside of these limited resort zones...while she would have to <br /> 14 <br />