Paul Phillips OH-18 Residency Update

At a residency-related post last week that was primarily about Democrat John Boccieri’s carpetbagging candidacy for the 16th District congressional seat, I called attention to the potential out-of-district residency situation of Republican Paul Phillips (see “Potential Carpetbagging Update” at the Boccieri post). Mr. Phillips has “committed” to a run for the 18th District congressional seat currently occupied by Zack Space.

This admittedly incomplete page at another site indicates that he lives in “Chillicothe, Ohio, United States,” which is inside the 18th District.

The following pics taken at the Greene County Auditor’s web site would appear to open up at least the possibility that Phillips has long-term intentions that don’t involve living in Chillicothe (to replicate, go here, type in “Phillips,” and scroll; the pics below are from different items found once there; HT to an anonymous e-mailer):

I wouldn’t read too much into the differential between the two sales listed above. Though I could be wrong, my guess is that the large amount was for the sale of a much larger area, and that Phillips’s lot is a small portion of the area under development.

The more important questions are:

• Whether and when Paul Phillips intends to move into the 18th District. Given that he grew up in the area, cutting him residency slack is acceptable if he gets back there — SOON.
• Whether he intends to stay in the 18th District if he wins election to represent it in Congress. If he’s building a new house in Beavercreek Township and chooses to live there after the election, he will be living about an hour’s drive from the closest point in the district, and easily 3 hours, if not 4, from its furthest point –

Either possibility — that he either won’t move into the district, or plans to live elsewhere once elected — should be considered unacceptable to 18th District voters. And I don’t care if Paul Phillips is the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan.