Stark Gets Maryland Tax Break After Declaring Anne Arundel Waterfront Home as Primary Residence

Bloomberg News is reporting that Rep. Pete Stark, a California Democrat who is the second-ranking majority member of the Ways and Means Committee, has received tax breaks for declaring his $1.7 million waterfront home in Anne Arundel County as his primary residence.

Stark received state and county homestead tax breaks worth $3,853 in 2007 and 2008, Bloomberg’s Tim Burger reported. Stark told the news organization that while he lives in the home for about two-thirds of the year, he votes in the California Bay Area district he represents, and he and his wife have California driver’s licenses.

Read more: (David Nitkin, “California Congressman Gets Maryland Tax Break After Declaring Anne Arundel Waterfront Home as Primary Residence,” The Baltimore Sun’s “Maryland Politics” Blog, 3/19/09)