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How can anyone idolize Spitzer is beyond me. The guy lived by double standard. Hell he worshiped the alter of corruption. The whole clean up time square and NYC aeria was nothing more than a cover up so he could get in with the madams and drive the business farther underground giving it more mob control. Spitzer just another shinning example of how a crooked those in power are , and how accepting of them we are. Why dont we make it easier on our selves go get bernie out of prison and put him in he at least made money.
If anything, a lot of other people need to be joining Bernie in jail. And not good jail, more like pounding-in-the-ass jail.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Apr 2, 2011 19:14:31 GMT -5
I feel if we elect openly convicted criminals we wont have to act surprised when there true nature comes out, and we see the same teary eyed lying sob get away from prosicution yet again.
^^^ Wow you really got something against Eliot Spitzer. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. But championing Madoff over Spitzer, that's just silly. When your complaint over Spitzer is about corruption, Bernie is a horrible selling point. Spitzer, spent $15,000 on a call a girl. Madoff defrauded billions of dollars (18 billion) in a Ponzi scheme that violated a whole rack of commerce and financial laws. To correct facts, Bernie never had a political post. He was a stock broker and an investment advisor. You said Spitzer's "corrupt" nature encouraged mob businesses, which seems odd considering when he was attorney general led a case against the Gambino crime family. As far as I can tell, his "corrupt" nature was involvement in a prostitution ring, to which he resigned as governor. Besides that though, he went after financial white crimes, securities fraud, financial fraud, managed to have Wall Street be investigated by the state of New York. There was alot of controversy because Wall Street said they had federal protection. Good thing he did, his office was involved in retrieving the court documents of the Enron scandal. I don't like the fact he said no to medicinal marijuana. New York and their Rockefeller NO NO WORD!!! Laws. Jeez
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Gilded Age on Steroids. I like that analogy. Where are the trust busters, when you need them.
Here in Wisconsin last November, the big races on the ballot were senatorial and gubernatorial. The seats had been held by Democrats Jim Doyle (who declined to run for a third term) and Sen. Feingold. Republicans Scott Walker and Ron Johnson both won by a 52-47 margin. Polls done about a month ago showed Walker losing a rematch to Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett by seven points, an opinion swing greater than Walker's original margin of victory. I can imagine there is also a similar as-yet-unquantified level of voter remorse over Feingold's ouster. Republicans have always had it out for Feingold when he'd been up for reelection. They somehow managed a smear job where they made him look like a typical career politician when he was anything but. He was used to having millionaire businessmen thrown at him, and always won close wins in this swing state... he probably would've won just about any other biennial here, but 2010 was a good year for the Tea Party. I guess the upside is that the state is going to have an opening for governor next year, and I've heard only one other name (barely) mentioned besides Feingold's as a potential Walker recall opponent.
As for where we have our other trustbusters...
I think we had a good one in Eliot Spitzer before his scandal. Wall Street had to have loved his disgrace and resignation.
My best bet for our best hope in a trustbuster these days is Elizabeth Warren. She is a Harvard law professor, chair of the bank bailout Congressional oversight panel, currently is a special advisor setting up the newly Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and is the favorite candidate to head this new agency once established. That is expected to be a summer recess appointment, because corporate-owned politicans would raise hell over her appointment. Her name has previously been thrown around for Supreme Court nominations and there's some support for her challenging Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown next year. I think appointing her could be one of the smartest things Obama does.
Beyond that... we could definitely use some more trustbusters.
Add Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas's 25th Congressional District(area around Austin). He was recently on 60 Minutes because he's currently trying to stop the practice of two Texas-based companies (Transocean and Weatherton) from using overseas tax shelters to avoid federal corporate taxes and state taxes. He is a leading advocate for campaign finance reform. In favor of Cap and Trade legislation. An energy policy that has shown success in Europe, which allows for the transition of clean energy policy that helps create jobs, energy independence, and reduce global warming. He is also on the Ways and Means Committee, where he's trying to close many overseas tax shelters. Lastly, he's on the House Budget Committee. So it's good to know there's a Progressive voice on there.
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Normally I don't care but I've put in alot of thought on this thread and the current issues thread. So you think you can hook me up with some Friday points?
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Apr 3, 2011 6:24:18 GMT -5
I'm mad at Spitzer because he was our state's attourney general. He did do a very public clean up campain against organized crime. He did go after the thievs of wall street. He did place johns and prostitutes in the paper as well as jail and fines. Only to do what oh yeah get caught useing our state troopers(his security detail) to assist him taking a prostitute on a minny vacation. Did he go to jail? NO! Did he get a fine? NO! Did his prostitute suffer? NO! Infact she's got a book out about it. So can you tell me where Spitzer is better than Bernie. Because some one had to pay for the detail the train ticket the time spent looking out for the prostitute while he was supposedly bussy represnting our state. Like I said Bernie atleast made money.
^^^ Was the Empire Club attached to mob ties? I'm not aware of that. By the way, whatever happened to the Empire Club.On Wikipedia, it says it got shut down. What about the proprietors and the escorts?
You find it offensive and i respect that. But largest financial fraud in US history vs. philandering with some prostitutes. I have to say Bernie is the bigger sack.
Madoff vs. Spitzer... you aren't seriously comparing the two, are you? I'm not saying what Spitzer did was right by any stretch of the imagination, but to say that he's even on remotely the same level as Madoff is just ludicrous. Spitzer spent maybe $80,000 on prostitutes over a period of several years, almost all of which came from his own private funds. Madoff, on the other hand, swindled roughly $15 billion from thousands of investors over a period of nearly two decades, greatly deepening the impact of the worst economic downturn in 70 years. So, yeah, take your pick.
At least Spitzer had the decency to step down once he'd been caught. Arlene, I know you've complained about having crooks elected to public office... I would think you would root for something like that. Not to mention the fact that you concede he was effective in fighting both corporate crime and Wall Street crime. That's exactly what I'm talking about here. As long as our politicians restrict their relations to other consenting adults, and said relations don't contradict any previous stances on family values, sexual orientation or other things... I've got no problem with it.
Updates from Wisconsin: The law is not going to be implemented until the relevant court cases are settled. Walker introduced this bill almost two months ago. A Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel analysis suggests that Walker's other budget bill - which excludes the controversial portion now in court - would balance the state's budget even without the collective bargaining rights provisions. Democrats aren't so strictly to opposed to that bill without the controversial provisions; it is possible we can balance the state's budget without stripping these rights.
Our Supreme Court election is today. Incumbent conservative (these races are "nonpartisan" in name) David Prosser, expected to be a shoo-in before Walker's bill, faces a stiff challenge from Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg. The ad campaign has heated up to the point where you'd think Prosser/Kloppenburg were presidential candidates. Wish I could be kidding, but sadly am not. Prosser lost the endorsement of a former Democratic governor over the weekend... but gained the endorsement of Sarah Palin yesterday. I don't think that balances out. I certainly don't like Sarah Palin getting involved in our elections.
That Recall Kapanke petition, the one I said was expected to have 20K+ signatures with a threshhold of 15,600 needed? Organizers turned in a total of upwards of 30K signatures - twice what is necessary for him to be recalled. Oh, it's probably worth noting that he had 30K signatures for his recall when his entire vote total in November was 45K.
An organizer for the recall of Sen. Alberta Darling was punched in the stomach while circulating his petitions. I do believe that's the first act of physical violence these protests have seen in two months - and that's coming from our opposition. The man who got punched, while unrelated, shares a surname with me so it hits a bit close to home. As such, I have pledged to go out of my way to collect signatures in Darling's district at least once.
A couple things on the international front I find worth sharing: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370053/TUC-anti-spending-cuts-protest-200-arrested-500k-march-cut.html In London the weekend before last, 500K people descended upon the nation's capitol to protest similar austerity measures. Anarchists and splinter groups broke off and rioted in a shopping district. Included in the link are several articles and some interesting pictures. I was especially pleased to see the UK Uncut people helping to clean up the mess rather than making it - I was involved with a US Uncut action the same weekend and intend to be further involved with the organization.
Our neighbors to the north have had a vote of no confidence. Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government is being dissolved and new elections will take place in May. Three minority parties joined together to pass the vote of no confidence, which was sparked by Harper's misrepresentation of the cost of military helicopters and amount of tax cuts given to corporations. If those reasons don't sound familiar, they should.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Apr 5, 2011 6:37:28 GMT -5
I agree Spitzer did alot of good for N,Y,state but I'm sorry he was'nt persecuted like he made sure his adversarys were. He crapped on the office he was elected to by doing exactly what he spent years stopping. I dont mean that the particular brothel was owned by the mob but most of them are affiliated in some way with them. Also I'm not saying maidof is great or anything just saying if we go to the prisons and get our elected officials there we wont be dissapointed when they turn out to be a crook.
I agree Spitzer did alot of good for N,Y,state but I'm sorry he was'nt persecuted like he made sure his adversarys were. He crapped on the office he was elected to by doing exactly what he spent years stopping. I dont mean that the particular brothel was owned by the mob but most of them are affiliated in some way with them.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Spitzer scandal first unearthed because an investigation into his finances was underway for unrelated reasons? And didn't that same investigation result in no charges against him for the reasons they were looking? It could be coincidence, but it seems quite possible to me that political motivations were behind looking into Spitzer's finances. I'm not saying he was right to cheat on his wife with a call girl. I'm saying that we should judge our officials by the results they produce, rather than their sexual integrity or lack thereof.
Spitzer definitely cheated on his wife, with a hooker no less. Scott Walker has arguably been true to Tonette his entire marriage. Doesn't mean I think Walker is a better governor than Spitzer.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Apr 5, 2011 18:38:25 GMT -5
Spitzer made sure johns were arrested and did some form of time. He also made sure the prostitutes did time. He quit his job and his prostitute got a book deal. What did Spitzer get a tv show his prostitute got unlimited funds. By that I mean as long as her book sells she gets paid.
I feel if we elect openly convicted criminals we wont have to act surprised when there true nature comes out, and we see the same teary eyed lying sob get away from prosicution yet again.
Kloppenburg up 51-49 with 82% of the votes in!! To be honest I was confident (in a bad way) Prosser would win fairly easily. This is really showing the backlash toward Walker though.
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Apr 6, 2011 1:14:16 GMT -5
99% of the votes are in, over 1.6 million so far, and Prosser is leading by about 600 votes as I type this. Holy shit. Might not be known for quite a while.
The vote total as of this writing: Prosser: 733,074 50% Kloppenburg: 732,489 50%
That is a difference of 585 votes. Wisconsin has 72 counties; that comes out to about eight votes per county. Nobody gets to say a single vote doesn't count in this state anymore. That 585-vote margin is out of nearly 1.5 million voters, in a spring election, with no other statewide measures on the ballot. I am, quite frankly, astonished.
You guys are aware that Wisconsin law calls for an automatic recount if a margin of victory is within .5%, right? This is going to be the most hotly-contested statewide vote review in over a decade.
3596 of 3630 have reported to give Prosser this slim lead. There are 34 precincts yet to report before there is an official tally. I'm looking at the breakdown now and playing with some numbers. I might play with them over another beer and have something else to share before morning.
This election isn't going to be over tonight, and it's not going to be over tomorrow once we have the official results either.
I said there were 34 precincts statewide yet to report. I just had some fun with numbers.
I made a projection, assuming the following about the unreporting precincts: 1. They have the same number of votes as the average of reporting precincts in that county, and 2. Unreporting precincts vote along the same lines as reporting precincts in that county.
Example: 3541 people already voted in 22 of 28 districts in Ashland County. I divide those 3541 by 22 precincts and presume the remaining precincts have 161 voters apiece. I multiply that 161 times six, for the number of unreporting districts, and wind up with 966 votes yet to be counted there. Other precincts in that county favor Kloppenburg by a 71-29 margin. When I multiply that 966 by .71 and .29, I get my estimate: the unreported Ashland vote favors Kloppenburg, 686-280. (Note: I don't think I've ever sat down to try a projection like this; I'm curious to see how it turns out...) I ran through this process for the nine counties including these 34 unreporting precincts, adding them up for an estimate of where the (first?) final vote tally will wind up.
Here's my best guess at the moment: Total votes cast: 1,478,112 JoAnne Kloppenburg: 739,634 (50.04%) David Prosser: 738,478 (49.96%) Margin of victory: Kloppenburg +1156 (.08%) (For comparison, 2,160,832 voted in the November race that Walker won 52-46... this is impressive for a spring election with one statewide race on the ballot.) Even if my math is somewhat off, I think that would leave some wiggle room for hopes of a Kloppenburg lead. I'm hesitant to say victory just yet, because we know there's definitely going to be a recount.
I think it will make for a good opportunity to highlight Wisconsin's system of voting, which I believe to be superior to a lot of other states. Here's how we vote in Wisconsin - using an optical scan system. Our ballots have incomplete arrows next to candidate's names. Voters complete the arrow pointing to a candidate's name to indicate their vote. Once completed, ballots are entered into a machine which records how many votes have been cast. Completed arrows register with the scanner, and the process leaves behind a paper trail which can be confirmed if necessary. I believe state recount law mandates that ballots are hand-counted in a recount. I think the system works quite well. I sure wouldn't trust some of the alternatives instead. Anyway... I suspect our recount will go much more smoothly than the one that went down in Florida ten years ago. If I'm not mistaken, Election 2000 was precisely the reason Wisconsin enacted legislation mandating this half-percent instant recount threshhold. It will be curious to see how this law works out in practice; I don't believe it has yet been applied to a statewide race.
No matter what happens with this, this is significant. There was a four-way primary on February 15th, a day after the protests began. Incumbent Prosser won with 55% of the vote, with Kloppenburg winning 25% of the vote. Not to mention that Kloppenburg had just about zero name recognition and was expected to lose in a landslide. In the closing days of the race, outside groups' spending on issue ads skewed 3-to-2 in favor of Prosser. For it to be as close as it is currently is impressive in its own right.
It's been three hours since the dueling candidates both suggested getting some sleep; I think I'm finally going to do so myself.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Apr 6, 2011 6:46:33 GMT -5
All I can say on Scott Walker is if wisconsin votes against him theyare voting against fiscal logic. Some times debt would rather be taken than the fiscal pay cut.
We get it right the first time, the automatic recount just confirms that
As I said, our ballots should be easier to count than the last major statewide recount in this country. Voters need to simply connect the head and tail of an arrow with a pen readable by the optical scan machine. Our initial vote tally, for the most part, comes from votes counted by machine. Whether or not an arrow is completed is easier to determine than the status of a chad, because the machine only counts fully completed arrows (i.e. valid votes.) There are exceptions. At certain precincts, ballots ran out due to underestimated demand. I know that the area around Eau Claire, which heavily favored Kloppenburg, needed an extra seven thousand ballots. In the event that extra ballots are required, photocopies are used - but they must be counted by hand.
In a statewide recount, all votes need to be counted by hand. I believe they are allowed to be run through a machine to test the validity of the marked arrow, but those totals are not allowed to be used. That is done merely to separate questionable ballots out for heightened scrutiny.
On a semi-related note, there is public opinion. This state has already seen to which lengths the state Republicans will go to pass a bill. Their fast-and-loose approach to ramming this bill through has several legitimate grievances against the legality of the process used. Let's take a look at the number of ways our legal process was disregarded by our elected officials in the course of getting the bill as close as they did. 1. They sneaked through the initial Assembly vote on a procedural ambush, which led fourteen state senators to leave the state in protest. 2. Without the state senators, they tried to separate the collective bargaining rights stripping provisions of the bill into a "non-fiscal" bill which required a lower quorum; the first thing that bill proclaimed to be related to was "State finances" - a dubious claim for a "non-fiscal" bill. 3. This second version of the bill was voted on with less than 24 hours advance notice (or two hours, if you want to call it an emergency - which nobody properly did) and failed to meet even the more stricter standard... this is the violation of open meetings law for which the bill's publication is currently enjoined by restraining order. 4. In addition to violating open meetings law by failing to give proper notice, the administration further violated open meetings law by holding session behind locked doors, denying access to members of the public despite the chambers' gallery not being filled to capacity. 5. Wisconsin's Constitution mandates that the state allow public access to the capitol while government is in session. Walker's administration failed to do so, locking down the capitol during a time government was in session.
That's just five potential legal challenges to enactment of this bill... and only two or three of them are currently being pursued in court.
Oh, and for the record... Walker's controversial budget repair bill- the one which started the protests and being challenged in court - is not to be confused with Walker's actual budget. Democrats are largely okay (sadly) with his budget, but opposed to the provisions which were split off and passed in a non-fiscal bill.
An analysis by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says that the actual budget, without the union-busting provisions which were split off, actually IS balanced... further proving that it's not about the money, it's about the rights.
Breaking: Two days into the recount, the clerk of the most heavily-Republican county in the state just happens to have found enough votes to not only put Prosser in the lead... but to push his margin of victory just outside of the mandatory recount range. The clerk in question is known for keeping election results on her personal computer rather than public ones and has in the past faced allegations of misconduct, resisting independent auditing of her methods.
Quick note before I launch into tonight's rant: On Monday, there was a rally with Rev. Jesse Jackson & Memphis sanitation workers on the anniversary of the MLK assassination. We all marched around the capitol to MLK Drive for a candlelight vigil. It was one of the more moving days I've been out there. At one point, a man whom I did not know wanted to get my attention so he could get a picture of me with the cheesehead. The man got my attention by calling out "Mr. Forward" at me as I walked by, and it put a smile on my face. I'm going to miss my cheesehead - which has been called "iconic" by some to my surprise - once I donate it to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
This whole Wisconsin deal has pretty much unearthed most of the types of scandal or uproar this country has seen, hasn't it?
Legislators fleeing the state to prevent a vote? Texas Democrats did it a decade ago, too Recount? Hello, Florida 2000 Potential election fraud? Hello, Ohio 2004 Unqualified appointment of cronies/sponsors? "Heckuva job, Brownie" ring a bell? Extramarital affairs with interns? Hello, Ms. Lewinsky (but only because I'm sticking with the obvious examples here...) Preventing citizens' rightful access to state facilities? Sounds to me like George Wallace blocking that university entrance Public assets sold to oil industrialists via no-bid contracts? Hello, Teapot Dome (someone please know what that is without looking it up; this behavior should be equally scandalous today) Recall? Ask a Californian Persecuting academics and other political opponents? Wisconsin apparently isn't too far removed from the McCarthy Era, after all... Racketeering? Blagojevich had his phone call too...
The sad thing is, I'm probably missing something here... And that's just on one state level. Add in everything scandalous going on at the federal level, and my question is... is there any past scandal/uproar that is not being repeated presently?
I hope the following text rings a bell: In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Just because I keep using my state motto "Forward" doesn't mean I exactly know how to get there at all times. The way I see it, the last time Americans had to put up with so many transgressions against them was the 1770s... I've got a question for y'all, and feedback would be appreciated: In troubled times such as these, what is a patriot to do?
1. Washington state is in on the protests against massive budget cuts. Thousands have been protesting for three days now, and protesters have begun an occupation of the state capitol in Olympia. What sets Washington apart from other states where this is happening is that the state has a Democratic governor and Democratic-controlled legislature. Friday will be Day Two of their occupation of the capitol in Olympia. Article Video
I will be sending them solidarity pizza for lunch tomorrow; anyone else interested is encouraged to contact: Pizza Time Olympia WA (360) 956-9020 Mon - Thur: 11am to 11pm Fri - Sat: 11am to midnight Sun: 11am to 10pm
2. Have I yet shared with you the tale of why Scott Walker dropped out of Marquette University a semester before graduation? I think it's even more relevant in light of what's gone on since Tuesday. Remind me to share that.
Breaking: Two days into the recount, the clerk of the most heavily-Republican county in the state just happens to have found enough votes to not only put Prosser in the lead... but to push his margin of victory just outside of the mandatory recount range. The clerk in question is known for keeping election results on her personal computer rather than public ones and has in the past faced allegations of misconduct, resisting independent auditing of her methods.
Fan, meet feces.
Is there something a higher level could do in order to get true election results from there? If it sounds suspicious, couldn't there be some way to get an non-partisan truth from there?
Breaking: Two days into the recount, the clerk of the most heavily-Republican county in the state just happens to have found enough votes to not only put Prosser in the lead... but to push his margin of victory just outside of the mandatory recount range. The clerk in question is known for keeping election results on her personal computer rather than public ones and has in the past faced allegations of misconduct, resisting independent auditing of her methods.
Fan, meet feces.
Is there something a higher level could do in order to get true election results from there? If it sounds suspicious, couldn't there be some way to get an non-partisan truth from there?
I suspect not, barring Supreme Court intervention - which probably does not help our case. We know Obama's too preoccupied with reelection to give a flying fuck about us. There's really only two protest jokes I've heard going around, and one of them's more of a punchline itself: "Don't worry, Obama: we got this one."
Kathy Nickolaus, Waukesha County Clerk, has a questionable history - and it's basically a case of her being asked to be taken at her word.
David Prosser was an Assembly Speaker but, in the mid-90s, left to run a losing race for Congress... he was not too long after appointed to this court by former Gov. Tommy Thompson, finishing one term and being reelected in 2001. Nickolaus worked for the Assembly Republican caucus when Prosser was in the body. She's apparently a "go-to" tech person for elections in the state GOP. It's not the first time she's been in such trouble.
Fourth-term Gov. Thompson was appointed Secretary of Health & Human Services in 2001 and left the state; his lieutenant Scott McCallum took over. During his brief tenure between then and losing reelection in 2003, there was what was then a big scandal in this state. I suppose you could technically call it bipartisan; it was on both sides of the aisle although only one Democrat was indicted amongst the other Republican legislators. Anyway, there were allegations of corruption in that: 1. State employees were being used for campaign purposes on public time. 2. Legislators were directly swapping votes for campaign contributions. Court cases for this 2002 scandal just concluded in December. Former Assembly leader Scott Jensen, who represented the same Waukesha County for which Kathy Nickolaus is clerk, finally pled guilty eight years after the indictment. During these court proceedings, Nickolaus - an Assembly staffer at the time - claimed legislative immunity in refusing to testify. She has been reprimanded for her methods additionally in 2006 and as recently as last year.
In Milwaukee around the same time, there was a scandal on their county board. Chief among the controversy was a pension plan corruption at the county level. The Milwaukee County executive, a Democrat, was forced to resign and did not take a $million-plus pension payout which was in the works. The resignation being in the middle of a term, there was a special election held by angry voters. Out of that election, with scandalous circumstances and an angry electorate, came... Scott Walker. (Bonus points: YouTube the terms "Scott Walker" and "David Duke" - yes, THAT David Duke - together for an interesting clip from about fifteen years ago.)
Fast-forward nine years.
We know what's going on with Gov. Walker in general, and Kathy Nickolaus/Waukesha County this week.
On election night, and I was watching numbers come in, it was noted by myself and others... Waukesha County was coming in abnormally. Every other county was reporting bit-by-bit as returns came in. As was Waukesha County... for a while. Waukesha reported up until somewhere not quite halfway, then ceased to report for a few hours. When they did report a few hours later, there was a surge in turnout percentage (10-15 points higher than precinct managers estimated that afternoon) in Waukesha County. When the night ended, Kloppenburg led Prosser by 204 votes out of nearly 1.5 million cast.
On the first day of the recount, the tally had been swinging back and forth all day - but never by anything greater than the original 204 margin. Prosser wound up ahead that day, by a slim 100-something margin... but the recount was not yet finished. Twenty-nine hours into the recount, Waukesha County clerk Kathy Nickolaus claims she found about 14K votes. The split was roughly 73-27 in favor of Prosser. State law requires a mandatory recount when margins are one-half of one percent. Challengers may request a recount beyond .5%... at their own expense. The number of votes Prosser gained in Waukesha County were nearly equal to the 7500 votes necessary to make challenger Kloppenburg pay for the inevitable recount. I'm sure the electoral victory for an old boss was just an another plus.
Clerk Nickolaus resisted statewide election/voting equipment & software upgrades when the Help America Vote Act was passed in the early Bush administration. She keeps election data on a password-protected taxpayer-funded computer, in her personal office, off of the network used by the rest of her office without even allowing IT access, using software whose accuracy cannot be verified by her county board, has a history of scandal, and just so happens to work and have history with the political party which stands to gain immensely from her actions...
She claims she found 7500 votes, and basically said "Oops, human error! I'm sorry!" and thinks that will settle it.
