Stark Will Pay His Own California Taxes

Rep. Pete Stark was back in his East Bay district Saturday, just days after admitting that he has been taking a $3,853 tax break on his Maryland home by declaring it his primary residence.

But the 77-year-old Democrat, who has represented the Hayward area since 1972, is still registered to vote in the Bay Area and holds a California driver’s license, two things that apparently disqualify him from the Maryland tax break.

Read more: (John Wildermuth, “Stark Says He’ll Pay Higher Taxes,” San Francisco Chronicle, 3/22/09)