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March 04, 2011 06:42 PM UTC
34 Comments
Defense should sue for plagiarism. Or does the “people power” v “grassroots community” make enough difference? Could you sue yourself for plagiarism anyway?
What’s the sound of one hand clapping?
How free to file is a free report?
Take Back Our Schools’ Committee Registration form says they have a bank:
You don’t suppose he’s lying, do you?
If you can make sense out of what he’s saying, do let me know, because I sure can’t.
McBride registered his committee on February 16th. Why he would wait until the last minute to do the most basic legalities is also beyond me.
Did his donors know he was using a sock drawer? $16K so far is not chump change for any kind of a race at Board level, that’s a fair amount of people donating $10, $20, even $100.
The $16K raised is by Nate Easley’s committee, not McBride’s. We don’t know how much McBride’s committee has raised because he didn’t file his finance report on time. He claims they don’t have any money. You don’t need any money to file a campaign finance report showing you have not taken in any financial donations.
So again, I’m far more curious why such a simple legality proves to be too much for this guy and his merry band of sidekicks.
And I think your larger point is the one that most folks are also thinking:
And yes, c rork’s larger point is right on.
This whole time we’ve heard excuses about why Defense doesn’t have to do any of this, but that we shouldn’t worry because the actual recall committee is. Where the fuck are they to defend their media contact? What’s the excuse now?
I know you don’t know and it’s not your fault, I’m just frustrated!
The lack of transparency from both of these groups is just astonishing.
It taints their efforts, it taints their ethics, it taints every claim they make about why they are recalling Nate Easley (particularly when the claim on the petition itself has been proven to be an utter lie).
Like rork said, it costs money to print off petitions. If that’s their only expense, it still costs money.
Are these really the people we want in charge of a multi-million dollar school budget?
There is no way to run a petitioning operation in this time frame without hiring people or without some type of organization. That requires money and “people power”. I had to do my share of petitioning a year ago, and it ain’t easy. 5k sigs is nothing to sneeze at.
or get by with “people power,” the petition printing costs are reportable.
When he told the SoS on his registration form that he had an an account with Wells Fargo?
His phone number is on the filing.
So, I’m sure he’d be open to a people powered question about his people powered organization.
I’m taking Cheryl out to lunch today.
And by the time I get back, I won’t remember.
Lunch with Cheryl sounds like a much better idea than talking to John McBride, if you ask me. Tell her I said hi and I’m thinking of you both.
You don’t have any money. And you’re trying to open a bank account? And banks usually, kind of, sort of, maybe like to see $$$ up front. Hmmm. I’d say, Lying. Big time. No, stupid. No, lying. No, stupid. No,… Oh, what the hell.
For promoting this and MoR for all the background material.
Has anyone ever seen then in the same room together?
just askin’
to hear who all is bankrolling this effort, how much money they have, who has donated and what organizations are taking part.
None of these questions have been answered and I think people deserve a little accountability and transparency, especially when this effort is to recall someone. Its a pretty rare thing.
How long are they going to hold off on releasing their financial records?
I think the first question the average voter asks when they hear “recall” is “what did he do?”. There really isn’t a clear answer here because the “conflict of interest” story doesn’t hold. If Easley being on the DSF board is a conflict of interest worthy of a recall, its only fair that Guerrin Green go door to door to recall Andrea Merida for being a Romanoff staffer.
At the rate they’ve been filing.
They’d rather pay the pissy little fines that don’t deter bad behavior.
What is it, $50 a day? A little expensive for someone with “no money”.
Do you know if that sort of thing would be fair game during the “protest window”?
But I think not.
You all remind me of a dog I used to live with. That hound chased his tail relentlessly until he was about a year old. Then he kind of stopped – but not really. Sometimes, for no real reason, he would get excited about actually catching it and for several days would spend every waking moment eying it sideways or in full chase.
There is nothing to see here. The only defense that matters in Denver now is the reborn Nuggets’ and whether the Rockies will be able to throw out stealing base runners and turned the DP.
Nothing. To. See.
No money. No expenses. No in kind contributions. Nothing at all. Really.
Except the Hat. Don’t forget the Hat.
You guys are such a joke. As you know I’m not savy at this at all. I’d love to share with you the SOS confirmation of the issue committee filing. It says “your committee’s first disclosure report will be due on 4/19/2011.” We didn’t know any different until the Ednews piece this morning. As far as costs, I’ve bought three cases of paper at thirty dollars each and I have a copier at home. I suppose I should figure on toner and staples when we do a report. As far as the Easley money raised, how much of it is from board members of the DSF? Still believe there isn’t a conflict of interest? Maybe not legally but how about morally? Do you have morals?
Hell, no, I don’t have morals, except good ones. This isn’t about morals.
Ethics? That’s another thing altogether. Law? that’s another thing. Yes, you should report your toner and staples, when (if) you do a report. And if you’re contributing such toner and staples while using your home or office, you should report that, too, excluding the time you get up to take a crap. (Which you’re full of.)
Savy (sic)? You guys have as much savvy as you have reason for this whole recall effort. Sounds like a personal vendetta, nothing more. There’s been nothing about policy differences in this whole mess.
Denverites aren’t going to buy your hooey. Drop it. You don’t have a chance. You’re wasting your money. Oh, that’s right. You don’t use that stuff. Whatever.
doesn’t know what his own committee is doing and doesn’t speak for it? Interesting.
Obvious. But interesting.
Why don’t you, you know, SHOW how this is so immoral? And then tell us how moral you thought it was of Merida to get herself sworn in early, just to take part in a vote her side had no chance of winning?
Morals? Don’t make me laugh.
Go to the SOS site and look at the committee’s page. It says your first report is due March 3, and gives you the start and end dates of the filing period. If your committee existed during this period, you have to file. If your letter says different, you have grounds for an appeal, so file one. But you are technically in violation, you need to file that report, and then you need to appeal the fine when you get a letter from the SoS.
Good luck.
I don’t know you.
Perhaps you are a CPA. Perhaps you are a lawyer. Perhaps you are an unemployed truck driver.
I’m not going to advise you on how and what to file.
Who are you and what is it you think you need to file? Are you filing or yourself? or some “committee”? If committee, which one? What’s your part of the committee?
As for blasting away at the CoPolsters asking questions, raising eyebrows and generally pissing on DeFense Denver and or Chuck McBride – if you support the recall, why?
Are you aware that the estimate is that a recall will cost DPS over $100,000? Do you believe this is a prudent expense?