Jun 18 2008
Small Group Protests Boseman
A handful of protesters gathered at the New Hanover County Government Center on Monday to vent their disapproval with recent revelations about state Sen. Julia Boseman.
News broke two weeks ago that the Democrat was facing foreclosure on the $1.3 million home she once shared with her former domestic partner, Melissa Jarrell. At the same time, the publicity drew attention to the estranged couple’s nearly $5,000 back-tax bill on the home as well as a $3,813 back-tax bill on a lot in Landfall.
Then last week, Boseman’s past drug use hit the headlines. During a child-custody battle last year, she admitted to using marijuana in 2003. At the time, Boseman was a New Hanover County commissioner one year away from her election to the state Senate.
The protesters sought to connect the episodes with signs urging Boseman to “pay for taxes, not for pot.”
Boseman has just recently paid the back taxes she owes on the property. However, a state legislator should not fall into that situation in the first place. A politician who cannot manage their own finances should not have a deciding vote in Raleigh as to how the governmental body manages billions of our tax dollars.
The drug use I don’t really care about. She can be smoking a big fatty right now for all I care as long as it is not effecting her ability to do her job. There is an issue though that has surfaced today regarding Boseman paying rent to currently reside in the home of a lobbyist. According to the story she isn’t breaking any ethics rules because she is paying the owner a market rate, but that really doesn’t matter. Lobbyist is an ugly word these days. People cringe when they hear of lobbyists and I don’t know why Boseman would want to paint a shadow over herself even darker than what she already has with everything else going on .
This seat was held by a Republican prior to Boseman winning it so she is going to have to work hard to convince voters to keep her if she wants to serve another term. A gerrymander isn’t going to help her like with many other politicians.
[...] for her third term and facing Republican attorney Michael Lee. Boseman got herself embroiled in a bit of a scandal earlier this year when it got reported that she owed several thousand dollars in back taxes on a home she owed. [...]