Oklahoma Guv's Daughter Living In Trailer Parked Outside Guv's Mansion

[RandySF]

Oklahomans were not happy to discover this week that Gov. Mary Fallin's (R) daughter has been living in a trailer on the grounds of the governor's mansion for months.

“Is it true that Mary Fallin’s daughter is living in a trailer on the Governor’s mansion property?" one concerned resident wrote local TV station KFOR. "That is state property! Who is paying her bills? Oklahoma taxpayers?”

The governor's office told KFOR that Christina Fallin, 28, has been living in an RV on the property since April. The trailer was hooked up to the governor's mansion for utilities, according to the news station.

Mary Fallin herself appeared Tuesday on KFOR to explain her daughter's living situation. She said she had directed her staff to look into whether having the trailer on mansion grounds violated any codes. It turned out that the Capitol Medical Center Improvement Zoning Commission forbids having a trailer on state property in an area that includes the governor’s mansion, according to KFOR.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/christina-fallin-trailer-oklahoma-governors-mansion

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That's just bizarre.

[dsc]

2. why not just have her live in the mansion?

I would have to think a mansion would have the room.

[Fred Sanders]

11. She is 28 years old, should the taxpayer foot the bill for free room and board?

[dsc]

12. Michelle's mother lives at the White House

as did Truman's mother in law. I don't have a problem with any of them living in those places. There are many 28 year olds who need help who am I to care about that.

[Chan790]

15. The difference is that BHO's MiL lives in the WH at the President's expense.

It doesn't cost US taxpayers even one red cent, the President pays her living expenses out of his own pocket.

[dsc]

16. If he does great but I would be fine with us paying them

as I would be with OK paying Fallon's daughter's.

[joshcryer]

26. Do you have a cite for that?

Her taxpayer expenses would be in electricity and water consumption, potentially food consumption.

[Chan790]

27. I'd have to look for it...

I only know it because it was one of those things Rushbots got their guts in a twist about...we're talking all the way back in the first term...and something was written about it at the time.

[snooper2]

18. because she hasn't been Kim Kardashian (spelling zero fucks given) status

LOL



You know the idiots history?

[joshcryer]

25. She might just well move in.

She probably got the setup for her own privacy and goings and comings and it worked. Until it was found out.

I frankly don't give a crap as long as the electrical / water usage is accounted and paid for.

I had a similar comment to yours, no one would care had she been an actual resident, and she'd be using similar amounts of resources (paid for by taxpayers).

[mcar]

3. Well it is Oklahoma

Says this Floridian.

[lpbk2713]

4. Substitue Sarah Pailin's name and I wouldn't be surprised.

Sounds like an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies.

[Aerows]

21. Failin

is Sarah Palin with different coordinates.

[RKP5637]

5. The comments are too funny at the link in the OP!

"So we’re gonna remove the trailer by this Sunday and she’s going to make other living arrangements. So after this Sunday you'll be able to recognize the governor's mansion as the only house in OK without a trailer parked in the yard."

[TwilightGardener]

6. Only way this could be better is if there's bedsheets for curtains and

old appliances strewn about, and a broken swingset in the yard with a dog chained to it. That would just be gravy on top of awesome.

[wheniwasincongress]

13. Like the White House in "Idiocracy"

[TwilightGardener]

14. Very much so, yes.

[Politicalboi]

7. I like CallMeEric comment

'I thought that was the mansion, I better re-read this"

[Fumesucker]

8. If you spent your weekend helping your governor remove the wheels from his mansion

Then you just might be a Southerner.

And yes, I are a Southerner.

[dembotoz]

9. Not ready to condemn perhaps perfectly good reason

Reduced living expenses, plus some independence
Know a number o families back in the day in more rural areas with easier zoning who would do this
Worked out well enuf

[kiva]

17. Fine if it's owned or rented by the people living in the house.

Not so much when the house is owned by the state, zoning laws prohibit it, and taxpayers are paying for all of the trailer's utilities.

[snooper2]

19. Her loser daughter needs to get a job LOL...people have short memories

Oh,

Since it's Oklahoma, it's just OK

[Skittles]

20. repukes are constantly going on about "personal responsiblity" and "handouts"

perhaps this governor should assess her own family

[joshcryer]

24. Millennials have been moving back home at historic rates.

Because our country is fucking broken.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Since April? That is not parking or visiting, that is full occupancy and residency!

[Zorra]

22. A 28 yr old Republican governor's daughter still living at home,

and they still don't get it.

[joshcryer]

23. As much as I detest cronyism I wouldn't have a problem...

...if the utilities were accounted for and paid for by the family.

If she moved in the mansion and slept on an air mattress or couch or something in a separate room no one would give a shit. Yet she'd be using taxpayer funds like any other family member would in that situation.

So the trade for having her own personal space would be to pay for the resources it consumes.

That it is in some no-zoning area is definitely circumspect, but I don't have a problem with it, really. It's not that big of a deal.