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June 15, 2007 11:48 PM UTC
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Of course, I have my own opinion on how some D.A.’s offices handle citizen requests for criminal investigations (and, which, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with personal experience). Nevertheless, vote caging and voter fraud are most serious and I hope that Morrissey’s office decides to take it at least as seriously as Laptop Larry.
If Coffman resigns in disgrace for lying to the public, would Bill Ritter put Ken Gordon into that spot?
If so, how would that affect the leadership balance in the senate?
The Democratic caucus would need to elect a new majority leader. Expect a deputy majority leader or the caucus chair to sek the post.
Keep in mind that it is also possible that the Democratic caucus may be called upon the elect a new senate president if Joan steps down to campaign full-time for C.D. 2. (My recollection is that she left that possibility open.)
The balance in the senate will remain 20 to 15, although it may be 19-15 for a short period of time between Ken’s resignation and the swearing in of his successor.
Why is this story still an issue? I have read all of CCEGs attachments to Morrissey, materials from the CORA request and “exhibits” (like a court of law would actually consider a Rocky Mountain News acceptable evidence) and do not see the BIG crime that CCEG is eluding to.
Isn’t the state auditor looking into this matter? I am sure that their findings will be far more in depth than what CCEG posted to their website. And the email from Kopelman’s dad should be more of an embarrassment than a nail in the coffin.
I have a difficult time believing that government employees, elected or not, have time to sit around and think up unethical ways to behave or cover up things they did not know (Manzanares aside).
Someone please end this CCEG Witch Hunt…the people and the media are tiring of it.
I commend you for having read the supporting documents, but if the allegations posted here are true, that’s pretty serious stuff.
They are simply that, allegations. The answers to those allegations lie in the documents where the allegations arise from. For example, the document that CCEG refers to as confirming Mr. Kopelman’s access to the Voter Registration files also contains a statement about requesting the information from the IT Division. Why would he need to request information he has access to?
I understand what you are saying.
As a political partisan, I just saying that if there is indeed real wrongdoing, I want blood. OK, that’s a bit harsh. I want resignation.
…still stuck in hippiedom. I don’t know how to make this any more clear: Rise and Shine! It’s 2007!
All of this scandal-mongering business is what you get when you put a bunch of old McGovernites trying to relive their 1970s glory days into power. Politics for the left is still viewed through the prism of Watergate, Vietnam, and Haight Ashbury. Liberals are simply incapable of looking at contemporary issues in serious ways precisely because they aren’t living in contemporary times.
about scandal mongering. And for a blow job for christ sakes. But hey I guess it’s a way of ” looking at contemporary issues in serious ways”.
etc.
And these are just a few. Overall, our gov. is CORRUPT esp the republicans (or they are just getting caught due to being so blatent). And you think that it is about liberals? I think not.
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It’s what wingnuts do when they run out of facts–change the subject.
He calls people “hippies” for wanting an investigation? WTF?
Is Haight-Ashbury in CO Springs? WTF does that have to do with…well, anything? What an idgit.
And someone who believes Dobson has god-like qualities isn’t living in reality.
Republicans are in over their heads with scandals. And claiming it’s the liberal nuts, the liberal media, and liberal elitists “causing” these scandas is hardly compatable with your “personal responsibility” core value as a Republican.
Your hypocrisy never amazes me. It’s exactly what Ive thought of conservatives my entire life — speaking out both sides of your mouth.
The only thing you are right about.
What the hell has my long hair and McGovern support 30 years ago have to do with current, possible wrongdoing. I’ve not said he is guilty, I’ve not rushed to judgement, I’ve supported removing William Jefferson.
What’s wrong with that?
I get it, Dr. Dobby is really a liberal Dem trying to make Repubs look stoopid. Well done Dobby, you almost had me…
that if the allegations have merit, then Coffman should resign?
is to determine whether or not a crime has been committed, you don’t generally start with sufficient evidence to convict before you start an investigation. The presumption of innocence is not a prohibition to investigate. Yes it can cross the line to political harassment, but if I were Coffman I would be asking to be aggressively investigated now, so that that any baseless charges didn’t come up next time he runs (SOS or other). With so many scandals floating around his name, he should be actively disclosing information and lifting the veil on his activities, or there will questions of what he is hiding.
Thanks for the lesson in the law, that cleared up so much that 3 years of law school did not!
It is my understanding that the SOS did an internal investigation and then asked the State Auditor to do a further investigation. Auditors tend to turn up more than even criminal investigators can turn up.
Those that tend to be most corrupt are the ones not subject to public scrutiny (either through CORA, FOIA or the will of the voters). Ken Lay, Joe Nacchio, and Bernie Ebbers are prime examples of where real corruption lies. Just because Dan Kopelman is a natural born idiot does not mean that all of government is corrupt.
. . . as much as it did about critical thinking, “realism,” zealous advocacy and the nature of our questionable adversarial system. A lot of law school grads (and practicing lawyers) know surprisingly little about the law. And, why should they? Maybe a quarter of the success of their efforts depends on it, whereas the other three quarters is contingent on other factors, like having established a rapport with the judges & clerks, knowing the unwritten local rules of practice, inter alia.
That said, I agree with your assertion that the most corrupt are those persons & agencies, who are able to operate in secrecy. In fact, much the focus of my own diaries and Web site is to shine a little sunshine on those oft-overlooked areas.
Speaking of CORA and FOIA, many of the organizations that I discuss are exempt from both (the entirety of the judiciary is exempt from FOIA; Wehmhoefer’s Commission for the Abolition of Judicial Discipline is exempt from CORA; and the D.o.R.A. Licensing Boards are also exempt from C.O.R.A. See, also here.
Don’t play that law school card too hard. Lots of us here have been to law school.
My point exactly. However, some of us actually came away with an understanding of the law.
nice spin!
Move along. Nothing to see here.
“I have a difficult time believing that government employees, elected or not, have time to sit around and think up unethical ways to behave or cover up things they did not know (Manzanares aside).”
If they are hardcore partisans appointed not because of their skills but because of their party affiliation why is it hard to believe? Seems to me they wouldn’t be thinking up ways to act unethically but would rather just be acting as their natural, partisan selves. If you really believe what you wrote I’d say you are terribly naive but it seems to me you are just desperately spinning for some reason.
“the people and the media are tiring of it.”
who are these people? which media? Please supply evidence – I’ve seen no indicaton of this.
I’m so tired of “we the people” holding our elected officials accountable, especially for such high-stakes matters like our elections!
Coffman has been trying to brush this under the carpet, but it’s not going to go away and I for one am glad CCEG is holding him accountable for this and more. The “nothing to see here” argument is not going to hold up when someone is attacking voters rights.
As far as I can tell, the biggest thing they are complaining about is that Coffman received an update on Republican events sent by Kopelman. As any Republican here knows (I know that there aren’t many on this site anymore) you attend just about any event and give your address, you used to get that email. I got it on two different addresses and I don’t recall signing up.
I did notice that it stopped coming once all this surfaced, but I wouldn’t take it as communication, or that he even read it. I finally classified them as Spam so they would stop showing up in my inbox!
It’s the knowledge and denial of it. Coffman said he didn’t know Koppelman was still running the business, but received the newsletter with Koppelman’s byline on it; he also likely received official SOS e-mail with the info@PoliticalLiveWires.com.
That constitutes knowledge of improper activity. If it was a generic invite, I could see it, but it was from a specific person who Coffman knew and, at least after-the-fact, knew committed improper acts and denied it publically.
How does receiving emails about upcoming events automatically link to selling voter data?
It *does* link to running a political business while employed at the SOS office. And since the guy’s signature was attached to the e-mails (which Coffman explicitly subscribed to – it’s not like he was randomly put on the list), it should have been painfully obvious to Coffman that he was doing that.
The other point is, Coffman has lied to us about the whole thing. He said he didn’t know Kopelman was still running the business; the e-mail subscription seems to say otherwise.
Finally, why is Kopelman still employed at the SOS office? He seems to have defrauded the government of a valued resource by pilfering the voting lists without proper payment.
There may not be any fire visible yet, but there’s a whole lot of smoke…
So you have the smoking gun proving that Kopelman took voter lists without paying for them? If so, then you should publicly share that information because I still don’t see it in CCEG’s “Exhibits”.
You put a lot of faith into your leadership. Who is to say that Coffman is intelligent enough to even understand how e-mail works?
I have to admit, you’re dogged. Completely off-base sometimes, but dogged.
You don’t want to parse my messages in the way that they are written, continually bring up points to try and derail actual discussion of the documented evidence and allegations against Coffman…
You want the rest of this thread? It’s yours. I don’t have time to respond to people in deep denial.
Don’t some organizations have forms that employees sign annually stating that they haven’t done any of the listed activities in the last 12 months? For a government employee, wouldn’t that include a statement to the effect that I haven’t diverted government assets to political purposes and another to the effect that they haven’t used records for uses they weren”t intended for.