Tax freeze works well for Mark Green

Spivak and Bice:

For the GOP gubernatorial candidate, it doesn't get any better than this.

Not only did he get an issue to whack Gov. Jim Doyle on - this week he's been taking shots at the Democratic incumbent to any reporter who will listen - but Green also received a tax cut on his $288,000 home.

Records show that Green was hit with a property tax bill of $5,198 this year, down $309 from what he paid a year ago. That represents a 5.6% cut on his Town of Hobart house.

Green's response? Doyle doesn't pay any property taxes because he lives in the state-owned governor's residence in Maple Bluff.

Which, of course, is exactly where Green is hoping to live a year from now.

Nice try. No points.