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CT: Final Arguments Heard in Dem’s Credentials Trial
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:39 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 21 April 2010 09:10
Here’s an excerpt from Susan Bysiewicz ‘Rock band’ testimony last week.
From the Courant.com:
The judge in Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s Superior Court trial narrowed the legal issues Tuesday during four hours of lawyers’ final arguments about her legal credentials to run for attorney general.
Judge Michael Sheldon signaled that his eventual decision — on whether Bysiewicz has the requisite experience in the “active practice” of law — might be based on whether she has actively participated as a lawyer with her staff attorneys to issue opinions and rulings on elections.
That view could be bad or good for Bysiewicz, who has been registered as a lawyer for 24 years but is fighting to prove that she has sufficient legal experience to become attorney general.
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NY: Democrat AG Sues Democrat Senate Leader; Accused of Siphoning $14 Million from Government-funded Clinic
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:42 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 20 April 2010 01:35
From TownHall.com:
The majority leader of New York’s Senate is accused of siphoning $14 million from his government-funded clinic in the Bronx for lavish restaurant meals, trips to Las Vegas and his own campaign, according to a civil lawsuit announced Tuesday by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The suit against Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. covers five years of spending, the last two of which Espada spent as a senator representing the Bronx. The suit also names 19 other current and former officials of Espada’s Comprehensive Community Development Corp., known locally as Soundview and operating on about $12 million annually, mostly from state and federal government funds.
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Traffic Stop has Democrat Wondering if Lawmakers should be exempt from Speeding Tickets
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:33 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 15 April 2010 01:33
From NewsObserver.com:
A state senator stopped in Zebulon as part of a crackdown on speeders complained to town officials that the stop took too long.
Sen. Don Davis, a Democrat from Snow Hill, was stopped March 31 on U.S. 264 near N.C. 39 as part of a multi-agency traffic checkpoint, Johnny Whitfield reports.
Wendell police Officer Jermaine Thomas stopped Davis’s car at 9:21 a.m. Davis told him he was on his way to Raleigh to attend a legislative committee meeting.
According to Davis, Thomas returned to his police cruiser to issue the citation.
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TN: Democrat Needs Ride; Calls Fire Truck to pick him up
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:02 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 31 March 2010 02:50
From the Tennessean:
A prominent state House Democrat said today that he didn’t do anything wrong when he called a fire station for help after a traffic stop for speeding.
Television station WTVF in Nashville reported that Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner, who is a local fire captain, was found to have an invalid license when he was pulled over last Friday morning.
Turner said there was a fire station nearby but the officer wouldn’t let him drive, and his family was out of town. Turner said he then called the station and a fire engine picked him up and a firefighter drove his car back to the station.
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WA: Dems trying to intimidate AG out of Health Care lawsuit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:15 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 24 March 2010 12:37
From The Seattle Times:
Democrats ratcheted up attacks on Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna on Tuesday after he made Washington a party to the 13-state lawsuit challenging the health-care bill signed by President Obama.
Democrats in the Legislature are considering a budget proviso to block McKenna from spending state money on the lawsuit.
“We are looking at that,” said Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane. “We’re researching it right now, but there is no decision yet.” In a letter to McKenna, Brown called his lawsuit “far outside the mainstream interests” of the state and asked him to reconsider.
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NY: Democrat Governor Breaks Silence
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:31 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:19
From Forbes.com:
In his first direct denial of the accusation, New York Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday said he didn’t try to persuade a woman to drop a domestic violence complaint against one of his top aides.
He spoke on Don Imus’ morning show on the Fox Business Network and said Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, whom he appointed, appears to have thrown him “under the bus.” Gillibrand has said that if Paterson is found to have violated the law, he should resign.
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CT: Democrat Secretary of State Kept 36k Person Political Database at Taxpayers Expense
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:38 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 11 March 2010 02:11
From Courant.com:
Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s politically oriented entries in her office’s 36,000-name constituent database drew criticism Wednesday from Democratic rivals, one of whom said she should make a public apology, and from Republican State Chairman Chris Healy, who called the entries “a political intelligence file for her own use … paid for by the taxpayers.”
The criticism came after The Courant’s disclosure Wednesday that the taxpayer-funded database contains thousands of what are labeled “special notes” on people’s political connections and personal characteristics, including some medical conditions. It also has a category headed “Ethnicity,” which identifies 2,431 people as either Jewish, Greek, Polish, African American, Hispanic or Native American.
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NH: Dem House Speaker Won’t Ask Democrat to Step Down
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:39 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 10 March 2010 03:01
From Concord Monitor:
House Speaker Terie Norelli will not ask state Rep. Dan Eaton to step down from his leadership position because of a continuing investigation by the attorney general’s office.
“Neither you nor I have any evidence that Representative Eaton has in fact engaged in any wrongdoing,” Norelli, a Portsmouth Democrat, wrote in a letter to House Republican Leader Sherman Packard of Londonderry. “Until such time as the Attorney General’s investigation is concluded and its report issued, it would be premature to take any action.”
The Telegraph reported last week on an investigation by the attorney general’s office into a liquor commission enforcement action at the Railroad Tavern in Keene. Liquor commission enforcement chief Eddie Edwards told the Union Leader that Eaton, a Stoddard Democrat and the majority floor leader, may have tried to influence the investigation.
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Judge to give Dem AG Candidate ‘Expedited Consideration’ for Lawsuit
Last Updated on Monday, 8 March 2010 02:47 Written by rslcpol Monday, 8 March 2010 02:47
From Courant.com:
Superior Court Judge Michael Sheldon said Friday that he’s giving “expedited consideration” to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz’s lawsuit over whether she meets the state’s statutory requirement to run for Connecticut attorney general — in hopes of a ruling in time for the Democrats’ nominating convention May 21 and 22.
Sheldon tended to scheduling matters at a hearing in Superior Court in Hartford as he conferred with lawyers for Bysiewicz, the state attorney general’s office, and the state Republican and Democratic parties.
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OH: Former Democrat AG and Wife may be Next Charged
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:43 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 March 2010 11:00
From the Columbus Dispatch:
Shortly after pleading guilty to two ethics violations arising from his work for former Attorney General Marc Dann, Leo Jennings III sat down with investigators for about two hours today to discuss information that could help build a criminal case against Dann.
Jennings, formerly Dann’s close friend, political adviser and chief spokesman, now might play a key role in helping lead prosecutors to the Democrat, who has not faced criminal charges in the nearly two years since a scandal forced him from office.
Jennings’ plea agreement produced a $2,000 fine and a sentence of 250 hours of community service. It also requires him to testify “truthfully, completely and accurately” in the investigation of Dann – with the prospect of 360 days in jail if he refuses.
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