Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion erupted into flames
Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion erupted into flames
Uh… kinda weird the valuation of the home is in the headline, right?
Multiple potential reasons for the property value and ownership.
Waterfront property is $$$, and $1.6m isn’t a surprising number, in fact it’s probably lower than a lot of places.
It could have been a family property. That’s pretty common.
Bought low a long time ago.
Inheritance money.
Spouse has a good paying job.
Judge was a highly paid defense attorney before becoming a judge.
And finally, I have no idea, do judges get paid a shitton?
Very weird unless the headline wants to imply that Democratic judges are corrupt cause how could they afford a $1.5 million home. Although, in some markets, $1.5 million is the average price to buy a house.
Dude a cracker box built in the 1960s in my hood is like 1.2m.
Housing prices are just insane right now. Over the last two years, my parent’s house went from ~$450k (already laughably unreasonable) to $1.1 million. Figuring out how to afford the property taxes has been incredibly stressful, and several other homes in the area have already been sold (to, predictably, huge corporations) by their owners because of the financial strain. Our local laws are a little backwards about that, but only a little. This shit is getting ridiculous.
I mean, it does help drive home how much that fire sucked for her.
In America, we can only seem to relate to each other by buying stuff. The monetary value of a thing is close enough