Deadbeat Dem’s crummy house back in the news

By Michelle Malkin  •  May 5, 2009 05:50 PM

Democrat Rep. Laura Richardson is back from her Congressional Black Caucus rendezvous with Fidel Castro, but her head is apparently still in the clouds. She continues to neglect one of the many homes she has defaulted on — and her neighbors are getting sick and tired of it:

Known as much for her house troubles as for her lawmaking, Rep. Laura Richardson is once again taking heat from neighbors and officials who say she must do a better job of maintaining her Sacramento pad.

In August, the Sacramento Code Enforcement Department declared the Long Beach congresswoman’s vacant, three-bedroom, 1 1/2 -bath house a “public nuisance.” Now the city has posted a notice of violation, citing neighborhood complaints that the Democrat’s lawn is out of control.

While the offense is a minor one, it hints at the ill feelings that have developed toward Richardson by her neighbors, who say she has little regard for their upper-middle-class neighborhood.

The city’s first action came after police were twice called to investigate reports of a suspicious person around the house, perhaps a homeless man squatting there.

Code enforcement inspectors who visited the house twice found “junk and debris” in the driveway and rotting fruit that attracted rodents in the backyard.

Richardson bought the house in early 2007 after being elected to the Assembly. In August of that year, she won a special election to Congress. Richardson did not return calls Monday.

Most ethical, most transparent Congress ever!

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  1. #695012
    On May 5th, 2009 at 5:53 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    Hey, just an address for her district… She’s just waiting for Pelosi to give her a lift home.

  2. #695019
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:03 pm, letget said:

    My mind can not grasp these people. We taxpayers are bailing them out. Just another day in the bho and gang,and I mean gang.
    L

  3. #695023
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:10 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    Richardson has a history of problems making her house payments, defaulting seven times on three different houses.

    Cabinet post ? Or, maybe Supreme Court…She’s perfect !

  4. #695025
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    The city’s first action came after police were twice called to investigate reports of a suspicious person around the house,

    See ? She WAS home…
    sarc

  5. #695028
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:14 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    rotting fruit that attracted rodents in the backyard.

    Barney Frank was there?

  6. #695030
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:18 pm, Southpaw said:

    rotting fruit that attracted rodents in the backyard.

    Perez Hilton was there?

  7. #695031
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:18 pm, wrcnossen said:

    Darn it, Dexter! Now I have to clean my screen and keyboard again..

  8. #695033
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:19 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Are there no poor people who she could offer the vacant house to, in exchange for care-taking…

    Maybe a GITMO detainee…???

  9. #695036
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:22 pm, zorro said:

    Democrat Rep. Laura Richardson’s irresponsible behavior is a disgrace. She is a terrible example and role-model for our nation’s youths. I cannot see a Post Office or Park named after her, but maybe, just maybe a new garbage dump will dedicated in her honor. That would be a fitting legacy for this pitiful example of a national legislator.

    Deadbeat Laura Richardson should resign immediately.

  10. #695040
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:28 pm, spaceycakes said:

    This is worse than ‘deadbeat’–this is criminal. And don’t think for a minute if I defaulted seven times I’d be flitting around playing monkey-in-the middle w/Castro.

  11. #695041
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:29 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    She needs a bailout. Somebody call Obama.

  12. #695043
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm, walterc said:

    From the headline I thought you were talking about the house of Representatives.

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t the house have some code of ethics that members are supposed to abide by? Like maybe hire an illegal to mow your lawn on occasion?

    I understand having a house in your district so you can at least pretend to live there, but at least try to make it look like someone lives there.

  13. #695047
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm, Jeff2161 said:

    She bought it when in state legislature, she’s a Long Beach,CA US Rep. now. It’s just a throw-a-way to her now. Amazing how you get foreclosed on again, and again and still get a mortgage.

  14. #695048
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pm, Hangfire said:

    She and the other CBC members that visited Cuba should have been placed in shackles as soon as they got off of the plane on U.S. soil.

    Perhaps she should be awarded the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award.

  15. #695049
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:35 pm, ClearlyNow said:

    Boundless ego and arrogance…this miserable “representative” cares not a whit for her neighbors, who not only have to put up with the physical deterioration in their neighborhood, but also the impact on their property values based upon “comparable” homes. Didn’t she also get special dispensation on imminent foreclosure by her lender, CountryWide…er, Bank of America? No wonder she’s confused.

  16. #695050
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:36 pm, MrFreeman07 said:

    I think this quote of Albert Einstein really applies here …. and with 95% of our elected officials: “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

  17. #695056
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:40 pm, Southpaw said:

    “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.”
    Sarah Palin

  18. #695058
    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:51 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    except that you have actual responsibilities.”

    Which would make Palin, were she a democrat, woefully ineligible for any post in this administration.

    The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

    And genius knows its limits… and many more in congress, and the administration as well, continue to astound us with their limitless (evidently)stupidity.

  19. #695064
    On May 5th, 2009 at 7:01 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Perhaps she should be awarded the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award.

    Hanging?!?! Seems extreme for a little eyesore…

    Now, maybe the city could condemn and foreclose….

  20. #695068
    On May 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pm, DannoJyd said:

    Perhaps she is saving it to home a few of Club Gitmo’s inmates. She certainly could collect some federal money that way. /sarc

  21. #695073
    On May 5th, 2009 at 7:20 pm, Ragspierre said:

    OT, BUT…

    The campaign to nationalize health-care is beginning in earnest.

    “Doctors For Obama” has changed its name…

    “Doctors For America”.

    About 11,000 doctors pretending to be the voice for about 800,000 American physicians.

    We NEED to stop the trajectory here…

  22. #695077
    On May 5th, 2009 at 7:24 pm, right_on said:

    doesn’t the house have some code of ethics that members are supposed to abide by?

    Why yes they do…of course it’s “a work in progress.” Rest assured they will have all the obstacles overcome by the time Republicans are back in power, or the Republic has been destroyed…whichever comes first.

    A better question would be: Is it unethical for a Democrat to conduct themselves ethically?

    Their standards are so low, plus they don’t have moral expectations for party membership, so they wouldn’t want to appear hypocritical, eh?

  23. #695099
    On May 5th, 2009 at 8:01 pm, madshark said:

    On May 5th, 2009 at 6:14 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    rotting fruit that attracted rodents in the backyard.
    Barney Frank was there?

    I’m confused. Which was Frank supposed to be? The rotting fruit? or one of the rodents?

  24. #695103
    On May 5th, 2009 at 8:18 pm, Ragspierre said:

    I’m confused. Which was Frank supposed to be? The rotting fruit? or one of the rodents?

    A question for the ages…

    Equally equipped for either role.

    Perhaps, in this one arena, he’s a switch-hitter…

  25. #695105
    On May 5th, 2009 at 8:23 pm, cicerokid said:

    “In an unusual move, Richardson’s lender, Washington Mutual, took back the house and returned it to Richardson.”

    What’s up with that? She forclosed on the house and then got to keep it?

  26. #695192
    On May 5th, 2009 at 10:40 pm, Right By-The-Sea said:

    Why doesn’t this idiot at least rent the home out to someone who would cut the grass? As a previous poster stated, Rep. Richardson is the demoncrap who represents a district in Long Beach, which is south of LA. The house being cited is in Sacrademento, far to the north, and not a part of the district she currently represents. The people in her U.S. House District probably don’t even know about the Sacrademento property…although I doubt if it would even matter to them, being that she’s a dem.

  27. #695194
    On May 5th, 2009 at 10:43 pm, jbh45 said:

    I hear homeless squatters in sacromental is a growing problem. No really, I’m not kidding. This is happening all over town.

  28. #695229
    On May 6th, 2009 at 1:01 am, tbear44 said:

    I’m confused. Which was Frank supposed to be? The rotting fruit? or one of the rodents?

    That, madshark, was funny! You outdid yourself!

  29. #695254
    On May 6th, 2009 at 4:02 am, frontierguy said:

    While the offense is a minor one

    What?!? Whoever wrote that story has never met up with an HOA, and to downplay it that way, not mowing your lawn is tantamount to being being a nasty criminal, especially in California.

    ill feelings that have developed toward Richardson by her neighbors, who say she has little regard for their upper-middle-class neighborhood.

    Duh, she’s a democrat, you upper middle class have too much and obviously are not taxed enough, especially if you can afford a 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath house. Californians never cease to amaze me.

  30. #695255
    On May 6th, 2009 at 5:04 am, graysonret said:

    She thinks she’s an aristocrat now, being in congress. She’s above all those middle-class people, the peons, and thinks she can make her own rules for societial behavior. Such as many in government today.

  31. #695299
    On May 6th, 2009 at 8:47 am, jangar said:

    Sista got a homie in the WH, so she gonna do what she wanna do.

    Remember…they won, so stuff it. End of discussion.

    /sarc

  32. #695318
    On May 6th, 2009 at 9:06 am, no2pcbs1 said:

    as the old saying goes you can take the crap out of the neighborhood, and no matter where you put it, it’s still and always will be just crap. another piece of trash who believes certain criteria allows her to do whatever she wants. and since she was elected by like minded voters, she’ll continue to be an embarrassment to all but her party and her constituents.

  33. #697617
    On May 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm, cheapseat said:

    gee, i am shocked i tell you that a black american has let their house fall into a crap shack. that never happens. why they move into a brand new section 8 house and keep it like the white house. white trash does the same, only they don’t expect someone to come around and give them a new trailer every 10 years or so. i know i’m a racist.

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