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Saturday, March 06, 2010
Ind. Courts - "Judge hopes feds' probe of tax breaks will clear air"
Bill Dolan reports today in the NWI Times in a story that begins:
CROWN POINT | A candidate for Lake Circuit Court judge said he welcomes a federal investigation into how an improper tax break appeared on property his family owns.George C. Paras said Friday, "I want a federal investigation, because then maybe they will find out who went in and changed this record. I will cooperate and tell them everything I know because I haven't done anything wrong."
Paras is Merrillville town judge and one of two lawyers running in the May 4 Democratic primary for Circuit Court judge.
Sources said investigators are looking into Paras' property ownership documents. Mary Hatton, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office, declined to comment on any pending investigations.
County records indicate the county honored homestead credits in Paras' name for his Merrillville residence and a Hobart residence used by his sister Theresa Christos.
State law limits property owners to only one such credit, on their principal residence.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 6, 2010 10:57 AM
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