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Oregon: Democrats and their “Ridiculous” Mailer
Last Updated on Monday, 11 October 2010 12:41 Written by rslcpol Monday, 11 October 2010 12:41
From PolitiFact Oregon:
Wand was a member of the budget subcommittee that suggested the stipend. But the idea was proposed by Tanney Staffenson, chairman of the Troutdale budget committee, according to the minutes provided by Future PAC (Page 10).
And get this: Wand signed a form declining the stipend on June 8, 2010. That’s right. He didn’t even take the opportunity to “protect his own pocketbook.”
So, it’s inaccurate to say that Wand cut the police force when he didn’t. It’s inaccurate to say that he selfishly created a “slush fund” for his own expenses, when he didn’t. This attack on Wand’s character — remember, he is pictured next to a slogan that reads “to protect and serve … himself” — shows a reckless disregard for the truth. Even in political advertising.
This mailer is not only false, it’s ridiculous. We rate this Pants on Fire.
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MI Dem AG nominee settled legal malpractice claim for $50k
Last Updated on Friday, 8 October 2010 02:02 Written by rslcpol Friday, 8 October 2010 02:02
From Michigan GOP:
In 2003, Democrat candidate for attorney general David Leyton settled a malpractice suit filed against him for more than $50,000.
“David Leyton wants to be the state’s top attorney, but he isn’t talented enough to be late-night tv’s top ambulance chaser,” said Michigan Republican Party Communications Director Jennifer Hoff. “Even small mistakes from the attorney general ruin lives. How can we trust Leyton with the job when he can’t read the key parts of legal documents, let alone the fine print?”
In 1997, David Leyton sued the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash and then advised his client to sign a release before suing two of the three intended defendants, absolving them of responsibility. The client did so and her case against them was thrown out because of the release. She turned around and sued Leyton for the gaffe, and the two settled for more than $50,000 in damages.
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Democrat Secretary of State Tells employee to “get involved” with Republican Party
Last Updated on Friday, 8 October 2010 02:00 Written by rslcpol Friday, 8 October 2010 02:00
From SantaFeNewMexican.com:
Embattled Secretary of State Mary Herrera wanted one of her exempt employees to “get involved” with the Republican Party to try to discourage the GOP from fielding a candidate for secretary of state this year.
That’s according to former SOS public information officer James Flores, who was fired by Herrera last month.
The alleged plan, of course, didn’t work. The Republicans nominated state Sen. Dianna Duran, a former Otero County clerk, to run for the office.
In a Jan. 21, 2010 e-mail from Herrera to Flores — a copy of which I obtained last week — Herrera wrote, “I asked you a long time ago to get involved in the R party, you didn’t and now they are looking for someone to run against me.”
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Corruption in Alabama; Arrests Made
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 10:11 Written by rslcpol Monday, 4 October 2010 01:44
From al.com:
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Milton McGregor, the owner of Alabama’s largest casino; 4 state senators, including Harri Anne Smith; and several top lobbyists have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of vote buying on a bill to legalize electronic bingo.
Smith was arrested at her Slocomb home this morning by state police, then carried to the federal courthouse in Montgomery.
Also arrested on Monday were Milton McGregor, the owner of the VictoryLand bingo casino and one of the most power pro-gambling forces in the state; state senators Jim Preuitt, R-Talladega, Quinton Ross, D-Montgomery, Larry Means, D-Attalla; and Montgomery lobbyist Jerrod Massey.
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CO: Campaign Finance Complaint Filed against Democrat Secretary of State
Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 10:13 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:48
From AuroraSentinel.com:
A Republican activist filed a complaint against Secretary of State Bernie Buescher, claiming the Democrat broke the law by using state workers to coordinate his campaign for re-election.
The complaint, received by the secretary of state’s office Wednesday, said Buescher used his executive assistant, Heidi Hamilton, on state time for to help manage campaign appearances. Buescher’s calendar shows a meeting April 20 between Faye Diamond, a partner for RBI Strategies & Research, Buescher, Hamilton, and campaign committee member Eleni Albrechta. Denver attorney Robert McGuire, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Nickelette Bingham-Gullette, said Buescher ordered Hamilton to attend.
“It’s an illegal contribution for a candidate to use state time and office resources,” McGuire said.
All campaign finance complaints must be filed with the secretary of state’s office. Buescher’s spokesman, Rich Coolidge, said the complaint was forwarded to the Attorney General John Suthers, who will investigate and determine whether he will represent Buescher or advise him to get another lawyer. An administrative law judge must hold a hearing in 15 days unless Buescher requests an extension.
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AR: State GOP Sues over use of Vehicles
Last Updated on Thursday, 30 September 2010 12:50 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 30 September 2010 11:50
From Times Record Online:
As promised, the Republican Party of Arkansas filed a lawsuit Wednesday over elected state officials’ personal use of state vehicles.
State GOP Chairman Doyle Webb, a lawyer, filed the lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court, alleging officials’ personal use of state vehicles violates Amendment 70 of the Arkansas Constitution, which prohibits constitutional and legislative officers from receiving income for their services beyond their salaries and work-related expenses.
Webb said he asked the court to expedite the case in an effort to get at least an injunction prohibiting further use of the vehicles before the Nov. 2 general election.
Aaron Sadler, spokesman for Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, said Wednesday afternoon that the lawsuit is similar to one filed in June against several state officials and that it will be defended by the attorney general’s office.
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Oregon Democrats Get “This Year’s Cheapest Shot”
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:17 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 28 September 2010 01:08
From OregonLive.com:
In Oregon, you don’t see a lot of flat-out lies in political campaigns. But the House Democratic campaign committee’s claims that Republican candidates support a 30 percent sales tax are purely and simply false.
And the Democrats know it.
Future Pac, the campaign arm of House Democrats, sent out mailers claiming that three GOP candidates — Shawn Lindsay in Washington County’s District 30, Matt Wand in East Multnomah County’s District 49 and Patrick Sheehan in Clackamas County’s District 51 — support the large sales tax.
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Ohio: Democrat Attorney General a Corruption Coddler?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:37 Written by rslcpol Monday, 20 September 2010 01:27
From the Columbus Dispatch:
As a corruption scandal dominates the headlines in Cleveland, Republican attorney general candidate Mike DeWine is attacking incumbent Richard Cordray for allegedly standing by while corruption ran amok.
Yesterday, DeWine’s campaign accused Cordray of “ignoring corruption in Cleveland” — a reference to the wide-ranging malfeasance case implicating several Cuyahoga County politicians, including two of its three commissioners.
Cordray, like the Cleveland officials fingered in the scandal, is a Democrat. But otherwise, the mild-mannered attorney general — whose political base is in central Ohio — has little in common with the swaggering Cleveland pols at the center of the scandal.
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State Attorney won’t conduct criminal probe of Democrat Secretary of State
Last Updated on Monday, 20 September 2010 01:25 Written by rslcpol Monday, 20 September 2010 01:25
From courant.com:
Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane said Friday that he won’t pursue a criminal investigation into a 36,000-name constituent database maintained by Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz.
The matter had been referred to Kane in early August by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal after an investigation in which Blumenthal concluded that Bysiewicz kept “inappropriate” personal and political information in the taxpayer-funded office database.
Blumenthal’s office has confirmed that he referred the report to Kane, to legislative leaders and to the State Elections Enforcement Commission in hopes of closing a legal loophole that permits political activity in state offices by elected officials, and to allow Kane to review whether any criminal laws were violated.
In a letter dated Friday, Kane wrote that after reviewing the report and talking with Blumenthal’s investigators, his office “has concluded that no criminal investigation is warranted.”
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Democrat AG Candidate Keeps Tainted Money
Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 05:41 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 15 September 2010 05:41
From The LA Times:
Democratic attorney general nominee Kamala Harris, whose campaign has criticized her Republican rival for keeping donations from a donor convicted of campaign finance fraud, has kept $1,250 from a donor found guilty of similar charges.
Disgraced political fundraiser Norman Hsu, a major contributor to the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and other Democratic candidates, made two contributions in 2006 to Harris, the San Francisco district attorney. The following year, it was revealed that Hsu had been a fugitive for 15 years on grand theft charges in San Mateo County.
Clinton returned $850,000 in contributions raised by Hsu for her presidential campaign, and other candidates also returned money when his past became known. A federal judge in New York sentenced Hsu last year to more than 24 years in prison for violating campaign finance laws and defrauding investors in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
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