Conway Mayoral candidate Mark Elsinger clarified his position on his address Saturday, noting that he owns two houses and he plans on moving into the Conway residence within the next two weeks.
Two sources confirmed that Elsinger does not live at his Conway residence at 2905 Antelope Rd. but instead at 53 Valley Rd., which is not in city limits. Elsinger said that he has been remodeling the Conway house for about a year and a half, but he plans on returning to the house once work is completed.
“I own both houses,” Elsinger said. “I moved into my new wife’s house after we were married [in 2010], which was long before I decided to run for office.”
Elsinger, who was recently endorsed by the Firefighters local 4016 group, said his son currently lives at the Conway location, and he has spent time working on renovating the house himself. He said his son plans on moving out when he and wife move back in.
“I know it has taken a long time to work on the house, but it is because I am doing all the work myself,” he said. “I still get my mail there, and I still pay all the utilities. Do I sleep there? No. But that will change soon.”
Elsinger is challenging current Mayor Tab Townsell and another mayoral candidate, Randy Herrold.
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Add commentGood luck Mr. Elsinger. It
Good luck Mr. Elsinger. It seems there are many people who need to understand the difference between a "residence" and a "domicile". http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/residence and http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/domicile
I don't care if he lives with
I don't care if he lives with Mr. Spock on the planet Vulcan, he has got my vote!
one day
One day, I want to be mayor of two cities and live in both of them.
If you would...
...follow my diet plan, that would be possible.
That's true.
When DJB was in school he sat next to everybody.
Mark will have my vote.
Mark will have my vote. Debbie needs to stay out of others business. She is crazy.
So, just so I'm clear ...
... is he admitting that he wasn't a resident of Conway when he filed to run, had not been a resident anytime for two years before that, and still isn't a resident of Conway?
And if so, what is the legal signifigance of that?
I think
what he is 'admitting' is that he is temporarily staying somewhere other than his "residence" while it is being renovated. Still gets his mail there, still pays utilities.....same as if it had burned and he had to stay somewhere else...still his residence.....still a Conway resident.
It appears that he was and
It appears that he was and still is a Conway resident. It doesn't seem any different than having a second house on Greets Ferry or Hot Springs and staying there all the time. I know several people who do that. The only difference is he was staying at the other house because of the remodel.
primary issue is that he
primary issue is that he might have 2 homes but he admits to living at his wife's home, which is outside of City of Conway. So technically when he filed he should have used his "Primary" residence, which was his wife's home.
Very unfortunate.