Talk radio titan Rush Limbaugh often complains about his treatment at the hands of New York city and state tax authorities. Now he’s put his Fifth Avenue penthouse up for sale and is cutting ties with the Empire State.
As Gawker.com reports:
Limbaugh promised that he’d sell his Manhattan apartment last March after the Paterson administration proposed raising taxes on New York residents who make more than $500,000 a year. (That wasn’t the first time he’d made the threat. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Limbaugh said he was “seriously considering selling it,” since “it may now become stupid to own any property there.”)
…The 20th-floor penthouse at 1049 Fifth Avenue, which Limbaugh purchased in 1994 under the name RH Trust (Rush’s middle name is Hudson) was officially listed two weeks ago for $13.95 million. And although he’s described the place on his radio show as “fashionable,” it’s doubtful that will be the word that comes to mind when you look at the photos below, which show off moldings of “hand painted gold leaf” and his “hand painted ceilings and walls” by “renowned artist” Richard Smith.
Jealousy is such an ugly thing, Gawker.
Don’t get us wrong. We’re not saying we like Rush’s taste in decorating. But we don’t like Gawker’s taste in stories, either, and you don’t see us complaining about that.
Source: Gawker.com
