Friday, June 12, 2009

CHRIS DODD

Culture of Corruption, Part Nineteen

Rob Simmons and other challengers to Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) just got a new issue: How many years did he understate the value of his "cottage" in Ireland on his Senate financial disclosure forms?

A new appraisal of the Irish cottage owned by Sen. Christopher Dodd concludes that it is worth about three times as much as Dodd has been reporting on his financial disclosure forms.

The new value of the cottage, located on Inishnee in Galway County, is $658,000, according to Dodd's 2008 financial disclosure form released today.

The appraisal was done by the same person who did the original one in 2002 when the 1,200 square-foot cottage was evaluated at about $190,000.

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