Assuming Edwards was fearful of the affair's becoming public, wouldn't he wonder how she could just find her way from the Tarheel State to a gated community in wealthy Santa Barbara?

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All county tax offices in the Tarheel State are now required to be linked to the state Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) so that t he DMV could block registration renewals on vehicles with delinquent taxes.

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