Ron Sims is misusing the police to suppress dissenters and intimidate his subordinates.
Former Superintendent of Elections Julie Anne Kempf was arrested yesterday
No formal charges have been filed, and details are sketchy.I can't comment on specific sketchy details about unfiled charges, but everything that I've heard about this from a variety of sources suggests that Dean Logan and Ron Sims have trumped up these charges in order to intimidate whistleblowers at the elections office, to get back at Kempf for speaking out about problems in the elections office (Listen, for example, to this clip from her recent interview on Kirby Wilbur [17MB mp3]), and to deflect attention from Sims' and Logan's appalling failures at the elections office.
UPDATE: Several of the comments below, including from "Conservatives for Criminals", "bkdhd", "flogmyblog", "dfkhdfh", "dfd", "dfsd" and "fdfd" are all from a King County government IP address, which supports my observation that Ron Sims and the people in his administration are illegally using public resources to harrass private citizens.
UPDATE 2: There a tangent to this case involving Ron Sims "independent" task force on elections that sheds light on the bigger picture. I learned that a number of establishment figures, both Republicans and Democrats, have encouraged the task force to interview Kempf for background information on the workings of the elections office. The elections office specifically asked the task force not to talk with Kempf and their stated reasons (this was well before the investigation was reported) suggested that they are simply threatened by the information she would provide. The task force never did speak with Kempf. I also learned from a source close to the task force that some in the group are inclined to recommend a change of leadership for the elections office at its final meeting next week. It appears that Kempf's "arrest" (it was actually just a fingerprinting) may have been timed to deflect from the bad news that the truly independent members of the task force are about to deliver.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 20, 2005 11:54 AM | Email ThisThis smacks of intimidation, abuse of office and other dirty tricks.
Posted by: JCM on July 20, 2005 12:05 PMThe probe that led to her arrest is related to events that occurred after she left her county job in December 2002, but it involves recent incidents connected to the elections office.
No formal charges have been filed, and details are sketchy. But sources say Kempf, 40, allegedly sent current King County Elections Director Dean Logan an e-mail, pretending to be someone else. She is also suspected of inserting false documents into a file of public records while she was reviewing them, allegedly constituting forgery. Sources also say she stopped payment on a check that she had used to pay for the documents and, during an investigative interview attempt last week, allegedly tried to hit a sheriff's detective with her car.
King County Sheriff's spokesperson John Urquhart noted that it is department policy not to identify targets of probes but said, "I can tell you that we've had an ongoing investigation related to this, and that the suspect in this case was booked into jail last evening, then released after the person was fingerprinted and photographed." King County Jail records confirm the investigative charges as well as Kempf's booking and release around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Urquhart also says the person involved in the arrest allegedly assaulted a police officer: "When we tried to interview her on July 11, she was in a car at her residence. The detective had his ID out, showed his badge, and she drove off. He had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the vehicle. We have no doubt she saw him."
Kempf, who could not be reached for comment, was fired as King County's superintendent of elections in 2002 for what a dismissal letter described as "a pattern of dishonesty ranging from fabrication to significant distortion of important facts and events." She allegedly lied about why absentee ballots were mailed late for the November 2002 election, according to a county report back then, and was accused of backdating documents and delaying the public release of completed ballot counts, temporarily omitting 1,500 votes in one election.
She denied the accusations and said faulty computers and other imperfect tabulation processes were systemic. A 2003 review of the county vote process by Secretary of State Sam Reed supported some of her contentions that errors resulted from staff shortages, technical problems, and lack of communication. The man who fired Kempf, then–Elections Director Bob Roegner, also resigned a few months later after another snafu, the late mailing of absentee ballots.
Kempf, who dropped a brief challenge to her dismissal, subsequently described herself as the "second-most-famous fired person in King County after Rick Neuheisel," the ex–University of Washington football coach. She deemed herself a scapegoat for a troubled county elections department—one that proved to be more widely flawed than thought last year with the storm over the state's disputed gubernatorial election. A court challenge this year failed to force a new election between Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi.
And now the right is falling over themselves to defend of an old time Democratic political hack and former 33rd Dem. District officer - Julian Kempf.
Posted by: bkdhd on July 20, 2005 12:29 PMhttp://www.metrokc.gov/dad/inmatelookup/SearchJailData.aspx
They held her for 51 minutes, and then released her without any formalities, charges, bail, etc. Bizarre. Why even bother?
Am I missing the humor? The post is about Julie Kempf, not Julian. And why are dems so surprised when reps support what is right, even when a dem is right? To me that says that dems don't care about right and wrong, just the trailing letter.
Posted by: fred on July 20, 2005 12:45 PMCheck out Julie Kempf's property records and see if her house has been foreclosed on yet.
Posted by: Richard Pope on July 20, 2005 12:48 PMBTW - Is it ok if I spel rong? I makes me feel at home with you in this glorrified letter to the editor world you live in.
Blogging reminds me of that tech company WebVan, which allowed you to order groceries on the internet. WebVan.com captured the lunacy of the tech age: "If you can do it on the internet, it must be worthwhile and will change the world!!!"
What ever happened to WebVan.com anyway?
I remember.
Webvan delivers its last word: Bankruptcy | The troubled online grocer says it has ceased operations and plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
In 2002, 5 King County DOT Whistleblowers were asked to stand up and endorse wrongdoing being committed by their colleagues in the DOT Concurrency Group. The Concurrency Group manipulates the current traffic models to supply models with forecasted impacts by development proposals. A Traffic Concurrency Certificate has to be obtained by a developer before their application can be processes, but the process for granting a certificate is not a public process, and the public's right to challenge it may not occur for years on a major development until well into the application processing and hearings.
These 5 were responsible for building the current traffic concurrency models and they objected to what the Concurrency Group was doing to the future forecast models to endorse developments and promote policy before the King County Council. There allegations included charges of criminal wrongdoing within their department by colleagues with the refusal of management to address or correct it. Remember, these folks all work ultimately for Sims.
When the 5 refused to go along with what they believed included criminal wrongdoing, they were first removed from involvement in the traffic concurrency process. They were given bad performance evaluations and eventually, the top 2 were laid off. They were only hired back when one was moved to a different group and the other, a Supervisor with a PHD in Traffic Modelling, was forced to accept a 2 grade demotion.
They are now suing King County in Federal Court, but the case is now being stalled by King County in light of recent King County Hearing Examiner rulings that this same DOT Concurrency Group committed multiple acts of "arbitrary and capricious" acts for developers.
An "arbitrary and capricious" action is one taken that no reasonable or honest person would take given the facts and evidence.
This group has engaged in some truly incredible manipulation of concurrency studies over the years, not limited to using inflated road capacities, corrupted road count data, deflated forecasts and intentionall misapplication or road standards. Only recently was it discovered that they were intentionally misusing their traffic modelling sofware and even inserted non-existent roads into their models to trick the models into supporting additional capacity without requiring developers to fund road capacity improvements. They have even gone so far as to cover-up failed tests and replace good data with bad data to force the tests to pass.
I personally am convinced, like in cases like David Krull and others, if the King County Executive goes after someone, odds are that person is a good guy that simply wouldn't go along with the corruption that permeates the Executive's Office and bureacratic branch in King County.
The latest actions by DDES and DOT, to simply stop counting traffic on roads that would trigger halting of permits as required by existing permits, is just the latest in a long string of actions committed by planners and their management that no "reasonable or honest" person would engage in.
And that just about sums up King County.
Posted by: Mike on July 20, 2005 01:26 PM
Our tax dollars at work. These must be the hard working government employee's I always seem to hear about.
Glorrified letter to the editor writing, if you ask me.
It's kinda fun though.
Posted by: dfkhdfh on July 20, 2005 02:07 PMfrom his blog
Just Not True: It turns out that the reasons given for the late mailing of absentee ballots here in King county were false. Here's the original story and here are the facts. The D. C. sniper had nothing to do with it. King county does not even share a printer with Montgomery county, Maryland. The Maryland governor never urged people there to vote with absentee ballots. The superintendent of elections for the county, Julie Anne Kempf, told us a completely false story.
Posted by: dsfd on July 20, 2005 02:16 PMYou're a little behind the curve, but we'll see what we can do to catch you up. See, we DREAM of the day that the Old Media (or sometimes MSM) would run with half of these stories instead of trying to ignore them to death.
Keep trying!
Not many people that write blogs or respond to them bother to send letters to the editor of the useless Seattle newspapers. If we have something to say, we put it here.
I know, free speech and the fact that your political corruption in King County is being commented on (as opposed to ignored for favors by the MSM) is really a pain in your ass. Use some vasoline, though, and get over it.
Posted by: BananaLand (aka Iguana) on July 20, 2005 02:20 PMouch
Grantees
SHARKANSKY, STEFAN M
Sale Information
Sale Date Sale Amount Assessed Tax Amount Debt Amount Deduction
05/03/2003 $858,836.00 $15,287.28 $0.00
The fact that either Ron-bo himself, or one of his butt boys, is coming here to harrass a citizen based on details like this is interesting. In fact, there is probably a liability involved for KC.
Posted by: BananaLand (aka Iguana) on July 20, 2005 02:47 PMWell, well, well. Looking into the public records of your political enemies, eh? Not very sporting of you dean-o.
Posted by: steve_dog on July 20, 2005 02:48 PMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE -- Former King County Elections Superintendent Julie Ann Kempf has been arrested for investigation of forgery, theft, criminal impersonation and assault.
Kempf, 40, who was fired in 2002 for what officials called a "pattern of dishonesty," was booked into the King County Jail just after 5 p.m. Tuesday and released less than an hour later, jail records show. The arrest was first reported in the Seattle Weekly on Wednesday.
Sgt. John Urquhardt, a King County sheriff's spokesman, did not immediately return calls from The Associated Press seeking comment Wednesday, and Dan Donohoe, a spokesman for the county prosecutor's office, said the investigation was being handled by the state Attorney General's Office.
Janelle Guthrie, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office, confirmed the case had been referred there, but said she could not comment further.
The Weekly, citing confidential sources, reported that Kempf allegedly sent current King County Elections Director Dean Logan an e-mail pretending to be someone else; inserted false documents into a file of public records while she was reviewing them, constituting forgery; stopped payment on a check that she had used to pay for the documents and, during an investigative interview attempt last week, tried to hit a sheriff's detective with her car.
"When we tried to interview her on July 11, she was in a car at her residence," Urquhardt told the Weekly, though he refused to identify the defendant by name. "The detective had his ID out, showed his badge, and she drove off. He had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the vehicle. We have no doubt she saw him."
Kempf, who has no published phone number and could not be reached for comment Wednesday, was fired as King County's superintendent of elections in 2002. County officials determined she lied about why absentee ballots were mailed late for the November 2002 election, and was accused of backdating documents and delaying the public release of completed ballot counts, temporarily omitting 1,500 votes in one election.
She blamed the problems on faulty computers and imperfect vote-counting procedures - contentions that were partly supported by Secretary of State Sam Reed during a 2003 review. Kempf initially challenged her dismissal, but then dropped it.
These people cannot stand free speech and attack it whenever they see it.
Posted by: BananaLand (aka Iguana) on July 20, 2005 02:50 PMThe general public is sick of you. Heaven help you turkeys when David Irons fires the lot of you. Get used to supersizing those Extra Value meals, 'cause that's where your paychecks are gonna come from. Those of you that don't have the legs or the cornholes to walk Aurora ave, that is.
Posted by: steve_dog on July 20, 2005 02:51 PMGo back to your apartments, losers.
Posted by: Rich on July 20, 2005 02:52 PMrelevance?
Good for him, he's probably worked very hard for what he has. Nothing wrong with trying to hold on to as much as possible.
Oh, and the "working" thing. Try it some time.
Posted by: Jeffro on July 20, 2005 02:53 PMBut then again, you're a public employee, it's to be expected. At least Sharkansky earned his money.
Posted by: Mike H on July 20, 2005 03:00 PMAs these rats come out of the woodwork, you should think about writing a book about the recent history of Seattle politics. With the amount of sleaze that it would necessarily contain, how could it not be a bestseller?
Posted by: Trick Nasty on July 20, 2005 03:11 PMPlease, under the fredom of information act, ask for the MAC addresses assigned to the IPs you have for the dates you have. It needs to be done soon before the addresses are renewed if they were assigned by DHCP.
You will either get a person of concern or an employee who should have known better.
The Sheriff's Office and the PA's Office are no more concerned about fairness and justice than the Sims and his staff. The whole county machine is designed and intimidated into protecting the whole. I can tell you from personal experience that Maleng is a rat and while I've not had personal experience with the new Sheriff, her predecessor was as much a defender of county wrongdoing as anyone else.
Posted by: Mike on July 20, 2005 05:17 PMNo wonder there were no whistleblowers with the courage to come forward. I suspected a degree of intimidation in KC, but never thought it would plunge to this level. How naive of me.
BTW, nice to see our tax dollars at work in some of the commentary above.
Posted by: Shaun on July 20, 2005 05:34 PMHey, don't be too harsh on Sims. He may have power but he is using that power to America safe.
IN 2002 SIMS SAID: "These two gentlemen are community activists, not terrorists," declared Ron Sims, the King County executive, who is the highest-ranking African American elected official in the state of Washington. "It's the McCarthy era all over again," said Charlie James, who heads a group called the Organization of African American Unity and who issued the news release on behalf of the brothers."
THESE BASTAR%S ARE GOING TO BE LINKED TO THE LONDON BOMBINGS! JUST WATCH!!!
(you must see this link!)
http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/93
Yes, thats right! Sims will defend terrorists, election fraud, economic boondoggles, and the whales. He is a busy man..
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON.. MY ASS!!
Posted by: Splatter on July 20, 2005 05:55 PMVocal Cleric Arrested in London at U.S. Behest
By Craig Whitlock and Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 28, 2004; Page A01
A little further down you will see Sims defending the "two gentlemen".
Further down the page you will read that these "gentlemen" traveled from Tacaoma to Blye Oregon to "target practice".
Oh, BTW.. "The older brother is an "entrepreneur" based in London, according to Charli James. The older brother has written and privately published several inspirational books aimed at young African Americans. One book is called "The Young People's Guide To Starting a Business Without Selling Drugs." The older sibling also is reported to be the founder of stopamerica.org, Web site harshly critical of U.S. actions abroad. The site lists offices in London; Karachi, Pakistan; and at an unspecified address on south Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles."
HEY RON, YOU SIMPLE FOOL, TERRORISTS ARE NOT GENTLEMEN!!
Posted by: Splatter on July 20, 2005 06:24 PMIf he wants to try to intimidate us, perhaps it is time for a little "Louisville Slugger" counseling with the crooked bastard and his punk thugs. Sitting here talking is not getting us anwhere.
Dilwad Sims thinks he can intimidate us into silence. Let's show him that he can't. We know that this a**hole and his freak show can't take on all of us. Somebody here knows how to get to this POS. Let's put it together.
Posted by: ERNurse on July 20, 2005 06:53 PM..and I suppose Ron Sims lives in one of his beloved tent cities, no?
Posted by: RookieRick on July 20, 2005 06:58 PMStephan and the Gang:
Go to: www.corrupt-union.com
and click on: "THE SMOKING GUN II"
In that investigative report is a U.S. Department of Labor interview with Julie Ann Kempf.
So you think the King County Election Division has just recently become a haven for Democrat crooks? Think again! The Seattle area LABOR UNIONS run the KCED. And now you know why WA has so many election problems.
Posted by: the Rocket on July 20, 2005 07:31 PMSomething is about to be exposed in King County!!
Just reviewing this absurd arrest of Kempf - and the unusual troll traffic here from King County computers......Something is going down!
I agree with the poster who said the US Attorney should immediately get involved with this or should be investigated for NOT getting involved! This is huge!
I wouldn't blame the KC sheriffs department too much for Kempf's arrest. They have to follow orders. The fact that they let her go is a statement in itself! I would look for the person or department who issued her arrest order.
Kempf needs Federal protection - NOW.
Further analysis reveals that our mystery poster is likely left-handed, speaks with a stutter, and has a profound problem with incontinence.
I also have it on authority that he was once arrested for sniffing bicycle seats at a local elementary school.....
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 20, 2005 08:54 PMThe radio news reports that Kempf has been booked
"Former King County Elections Superintendent
Julie Anne Kempf was booked into jail Tuesday, July 19, on investigation of forgery, theft, criminal impersonation, and assault on a police officer" (by Rick Anderson, Seattle Weekly - a good reporter).
I'd like to hear what lies behind these charges. Was she framed by Sims/Logan as my instincts would believe ? Investigation is clearly needed. I heard her interviewed by Kirby and she was filled the role of a whistle blower, but came across as credible. David Irons - hope you are paying attention, in case the rest of the story surfaces so you can use it in your campaign - you'll need it !
Posted by: KS on July 20, 2005 09:11 PMYes!
Post it Stefan. I could probably trace it down to the King County office building the are posting from! Maybe even the desk!
They can't stop THIS tide!
Posted by: Fix This Mess on July 20, 2005 09:37 PMPretending to be someone else (impersonation) is generally a crime only if done for purposes of fraud. Otherwise, it is no worse than the investigator who pretended to be a 17 year old boy in order to "out" (and seriously disgrace) Spokane Mayor Jim West.
Maybe stopping payment on a check issued for a public records request could be "theft", but almost no one is prosecuted for writing a bad check in King County. Certainly not for what is likely an extremely small amount of money.
As for "assaulting" the officer, maybe some plainclothes detective stood behind her vehicle as she was backing out of her driveway. Probably, she didn't see him at all. If she did, how could she know he was a cop, as opposed to some who might have been trying to rape or assault her? The detective was foolish to put himself in danger simply to interview her. Next time, he should try knocking on someone's door or calling them on the telephone.
As for the forgery charges, there could be some basis for these, if it relates to the following topic:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=1894
This deals with some 33rd District Democrat campaign finance reports which magically appeared in King County Elections in the summer of 1999. I won't get into any details, but this story was well reported in the MSM in September 1999 or perhaps a bit sooner, and very well known to all the relevant government authorities -- AG, PDC, prosecutor, KC Executive, etc.
I think a felony committed by a public servant in relation to their official duties can be prosecuted for up to 10 years. Still, why is there suddenly being interest taken about six years later in the matter? And why didn't Ron Sims fire Kempf in 1999 when this was discovered, instead of forcing her to resign three years in 2002 over another matter?
If Rob McKenna is going to prosecute Kempf for falsifying campaign finance report filings in 1999, then he needs to prosecute ALL the King County Elections personnel who falsified election reports related to the November 2004 general election.
Posted by: Richard Pope on July 20, 2005 09:56 PMLong story short: all of this info is available to the public if they know where to look
time to REALLY dump Sims; First, Kempf--what next? chopping of arms a-la progressive African reform tactics? Can't hide on the sidelines anymore--this guy is out of control; You are either in or out--Get this jerk out of office; if you don't care, then you deserve all that you sow, & may Darwin's principles be merciful on you!
He is an anchor dragging on our county's and state's full sails; Up anchor!! Full speed ahead!
Posted by: Jimmie-howya-doin on July 20, 2005 10:19 PMYou can look up this information on the King County Metro site.
http://www.metrokc.gov/recelec/records/default.htm
You can look up public records, marriage records, property records.....just pick which record you want to check and put a name in there.....
I believe you can request that your information to be inaccessible on the internet.....
Most people aren't aware that their personal information is so easily obtained via King County Records website....But King County employees would know this! And they know abuse of this system can cost them their job....But hey! Who's going to care in King County? Who's going to bust them? Ron Sims? Hah!
You have to *agree* to a security disclaimer before you can access the public records search page...but it looks like they are only concerned that someone will use the information for mass marketing.....not ID theft! King County is so frigging lame!
IF you have a problem, it is with the GOP, not with Norm Rice. If there is a big evil machine, it sure seems to be Republican.
Posted by: JDB on July 20, 2005 11:49 PMhttp://www.metrokc.gov/recelec/records/
Posted by: Deborah on July 20, 2005 11:50 PMSo much for open government.
From the story:
"Janelle Guthrie, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office, confirmed the case had been referred there, but said she could not comment further.."
The case had been *referred* to the Attorney General's office.....It did not originate there...
Maleng has not been named in the arrest or the investigation..... In fact - the only person's named in the story - who claim a crime was committed against them - was Dean Logan and a detective in the KC Sheriffs Dept......
This looks like an attempt to intimidate Kempf into keeping her mouth shut about the corruption in King County! The arrest was probably ordered after she spoke with Kirby Wilbur publicly about the problems in the KC elections department.....
JDB...You just can't spin this one into a right-wing conspiracy.....it's got corrupt and slimey (and about to be busted) liberal Democrat written all over it!
Posted by: Deborah on July 21, 2005 12:20 AMWell, the one thing that we can count on with you is that you are always wrong. How's that super secret Federal investigation into the election fraud that wasn't going?
You really should read more sources. From the PI (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/233447_kempf21.html):
"The state Attorney General's Office is overseeing the investigation, and an assistant state attorney general said yesterday that the office requested Kempf's booking because investigators believe there is probable cause the offenses occurred. He declined to provide details."
Oops, your wrong again. Looks like the GOP has it our for Kempf. Like I said, if there is a conspiracy, it apears to have GOP written all over it. It must suck to be you.
Posted by: JDB on July 21, 2005 12:28 AMSomeone put Syefan's name into the search feature in the public records page in the King County site I posted above... The site will provide all kinds of public information - you just need a *name* entered..
Scary isn't it?
Posted by: Deborah on July 21, 2005 12:56 AMKeep looking........The facts will eventually bite you!
Posted by: Deborah on July 21, 2005 12:59 AMThe Prosecutors Office does not initiate criminal investigations as they do not have detectives/investigators or field officers who do the initial leg work. They do the office work and all cases are referred by either law enforcement or some other goverment body/official.
Turn off the TV once in awhile...the real world is not like CSI or Matlock...
Posted by: Blueknight on July 21, 2005 01:08 AMSnicker....I laugh when I see the *Crime Scene Investigators* running after a bad guy on TV! No....NO! How about those perky Coroners who solve the crimes - catch the bad guys - and only need the cops to transport their prisoners!
Yep...JDB....You really need to go on a *ride along*........but then again..you probably are already familiar with the back seat of a patrol car....
Fact: Rob McKenna's office is running this investigation
Assumption: Rob McKenna is competent
Fact (assuming assumption above is correct): McKenna's office wouldn't investigate the complaint, especially one referred by two Democrats, if there weren't a basis to it
Stefan's Conclusion: Democratic conspiracy.
Doesn't this seem a little far-fetched to any of you?
Personally, I think it's projection.
Posted by: Northern Coho on July 21, 2005 06:58 AMWhy isn't McKenna investigating the racketeering he knows about within the state supreme court?
Posted by: Don on July 21, 2005 09:20 AMIf Kempf were to contact me, the prosecutor would drop the charges in a NY minute. All she would have to do is tell them she would call me as a witness in any trial and her problems would simply go away.
Posted by: Don on July 21, 2005 09:25 AMIs that you Ron? Or should we call you "bkdhd", "flogmyblog", "dfkhdfh", "dfd", "dfsd"?
Posted by: pbj on July 21, 2005 09:52 AMHere's looking into you, AHole...
Posted by: The Law on July 21, 2005 10:09 AMHere are just a few documents related to my appeal of the superior court decision of the sufficiency determination to recall Gregoire.
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/washrecall/gregoire61305pet.pdf
Read pages 84-85 to start with. No one has bothered to attempt to deny even one of those statements under oath. McKenna knows it and refuses to do anything about it.
Here are just a few of the implications of those facts, and I've got dozens and dozens of other documents and facts, which you can read about at the link. I've got more than is even mentioned there.
1. The state supreme court is run by some through a patern of racketeering activity. I have been a personal victim of it, as you can see.
2. The whole issue of the illegality of appellate court commissioners, which has been used for about 35 years is almost incomprehensible as to the legal implications. Every single decision by any appellate court commissioner for the past 35 years, is void. they have no legal authority to exercise judicial powers, and the members of the supreme court have been aware of this fact for a least the last five years. When this gets exposed, the courts while become a state of chaos and every person who has been denied their constitutional right to due process vbecause of it will have a valid claim against the state.
3. It exposes the absolute depraved corruption of the courts of SW Washington, the court of appeals and the State Supreme Court. It will also expose the racketeering of Gregoire, Locke, and many superior court judges and other elected officials.
4. It also exposes the fact that the supreme court, without any legal authority has created an unconstitutional rule which states that the supreme court has the authority to ignore any law it chooses to ignore unless the legislature specifically states that the court cannot, in essense, veto that legislation. An example is that on appeals of recall determinations by the superior court, the statute requires that the supreme court hear and decide them within 30 days. The SC has created a rule that says they do not have to obey that law. That is a criminal violation of my civil rights and is official misconduct under the Washington statutes.
That's only the beginning. i do believe there are a few justices, especially Sanders and Jim Johnson, who want all this to change and to bring the supreme court into compliance with the laws and constitution of the state.
Is it any wonder the media refuses to report anything about my petition to recall Gregoire? the mayor of Spokane case is getting lots of notice, but mine isn't. The media has certainly been informed. the media is trying to avoid the coverage of this because when it is exposed, it will become a national story and make Operation Greylord 9corruption of Chicago courts in the late 80s and early 90s look like childs play.
The US Attorney is aware of all this, and has admitted that CJ alexander has been obstructing justice in my case. He refuses to do anything becasue Alexander and a lot of the others involved are friends of his.
Do you need more? I've got plenty.
Posted by: Don on July 21, 2005 10:31 AM"I agree with the poster who said the US Attorney should immediately get involved with this or should be investigated for NOT getting involved! This is huge!"
Don't expect Mckay to do anything. He is just as corrupt as any public official in the state.
Posted by: Don on July 21, 2005 10:36 AMPersonal use of county computer equipment is a violation of RCW 42.52.160 and King County Code section 3.04.020(A) ["No county employee shall request or permit the use of county-owned vehicles, equipment, materials or property or the expenditure of county funds for personal convenience or profit."]. You COULD just report this misuse of county computer equipment for personal convenience to the Director of the Office of Citizen Complaints (ombudsman@metrokc.gov, 206-296-3452), but my guess is that getting real action will require an independent investigation as with just about everything else that involves misdeeds within King County Government.
The politicial system we have is the system we let stay in power, good or bad, we the people let it stand. If we distrust it, we must change it. Who controls whom?
God bless the cops!
Posted by: Son of Liberty on July 22, 2005 06:38 AMNow hold up one minute there Sierradog!
No one is accusing the KC Sheriffs Deputies of being in on some grand conspiracy with Ron Sims!
And *Yes* - Most Law Enforcement officers are very conservative! But to say that you are MORE conservative than those who are in this blog...would be a stretch.....Many of our faithful posters *are* LEO or of LEO families! That is why you see so many come to the defense of our local Police and Sheriffs Deputies when they are wronged by the liberal media and liberals in general.
We appreciate that you would not cow-tow to corruption for the sake of your position in King County. We appreciate how God-awful it must be for you to work under Sims and his cronies! (Believe me - I know it must suck!)
We do not have even a fraction of the facts of Kempf's arrest yet.....But we do have quite a history of the questionable dealings and corruption within the King County elections Department....enough to allow us the right to go Hmmmm...with Kempfs arrest!
So chill.
Posted by: Deborah on July 22, 2005 09:31 PMIt's kowtow, not cow-tow, unless you were accusing KCS of towing cows...., which with you would not be a surprise.
And, yes, you did accuse KCS of beign a part of a giant conspiracy. That is why liberals like me have to defend good honest public officials from your paranoid fanasies.
Again, there are only two people who could have ordered the arrest of Mrs. Kempf, and they are both Republicans. If there is a conspiracy, as dear old Stefan and you would like to believe, it is a Republican one.
Posted by: jdb on July 23, 2005 12:15 AM"And, yes, you did accuse KCS of beign a part of a giant conspiracy."
Well...No..no I didn't accuse the King County Sheriffs Dept of being part of a giant conspiracy - as you will see from my post....
"I wouldn't blame the KC sheriffs department too much for Kempf's arrest. They have to follow orders."
Please.....get a new hobby! I enjoy my misspellings and grammar flubs! Don't try to correct me in the future!
Posted by: Deborah on July 23, 2005 12:49 AM"I wouldn't blame the KC sheriffs department too much for Kempf's arrest. They have to follow orders"
Well the above statement you made is accusing us of being in this conspiracy besides being downright ignorant. I don't know how other police departments work in this area but KC Deputies dont blindly arrest people based on an order from Sims, the Sheriff, George Bush, Cameron Diaz or any other person. All arrests are based on probable cause, you know that little technicality they make us have to arrest someone. Being ordered to do something does not absolve you of ultimate responsibility for the action-see Nuremberg trials 1946 for reference. Why would I risk my career, house, family and possible time in a federal prison to arrest someone at the order of Ron Sims. Kempf's arrest was based on probable cause, pretty simple, happens everyday.
Posted by: Sierradog on July 23, 2005 01:11 AMThis is an interesting development. First JDB's mommy takes over for him (probably because she got embarrassed for him calling himself "biteme"), and now we've got ourselves a real life county sheriff's deputy telling us "what fer".
Gee Mr. sheriff's deputy, You won't ever make Sergeant with those investigative skills. The ones who have offered the conspiracy notions here are liberal trolls. Deborah's statement (and restatement, in case you weren't paying attention) says N O T H I N G about a conspiracy within or involving the KC sheriff's department. Let's put on our sleuthing caps, shall we, Mr. sheriff's deputy?
Poster "steve_dog" asks: "Why is the King County sherrif going along with this?" Could this be the inception of our "conspiracy"? Or could it be an honest question?
Poster "Mike" appears to not like you very much Mr. sheriff's deputy. He says: "The Sheriff's Office and the PA's Office are no more concerned about fairness and justice than the Sims and his staff." I don't know how true this may be, but it certainly isn't an accusation of conspiracy.
Then we get the troll "bludonkee's ass": "Conspiracy abounds at KCE." Well I do declare! At last someone (a mouth-breathing, lefty troll) uttering the "C" word!
Now "Joe" and "Jiml" and even "Deborah" (you remember Deborah - the same one you're trying to take to task?) all have comments to make, but no "C" word until we get to our old friend "Biteme" AKA JDB: "Like I said, if there is a conspiracy, it appears to have GOP written all over it." ( I liked how he thoughtfully included the projection "It must suck to be you." to our beloved "Deborah". Actually Biteme, nine out of ten trolls agree, it REALLY must suck to be you)
Oh, and one more for you Mr. sheriff's deputy: We have "Northern Carp" projecting and presuming Stefan: "Stefan's Conclusion: Democratic conspiracy."
So there you have it Mr. sheriff's deputy - the only "conspiracy" at play here is among the liberals.
Whatever complaint or criticism you may have, framing it in this "mightier than thou" gives me pause to question both your motives and your credentials. If you are LEO, you recognize the simple FACT that conservatives are more likely to support you and your mission than liberals EVER will. If you are LEO, of course.
If you are a conservative (as you claim to be), you recognize that the power structure in King County is being manipulated in ways that go beyond their various legal and ethical charters. From the KC elections board, to the office of County Executive, we got troubles, right here in "River City". Do you disagree? Is it your contention that we "wanna-be conservatives" are just seeing ghoolies under the bed?
So why is it that all of your "arguments" are exactly the same ones that liberals attempt to assert? Coincidence?
Good luck with that Sergeant's exam....
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 23, 2005 10:37 AMAs has been pointed out by others, you most definitly said that KCS was part of the great conspiracy, since you say they blindly follow orders of people in no position to give them orders.
Further, all of you keep giving the only people that can give them orders, Republicans McKenna and Maleng, a pass. It seems like you really need to adjust your tin foil hat, it is preventing you from seeing the real conspiracy..., but of course, that is just what they want to happen, isn't it?
Posted by: jdb on July 23, 2005 11:22 PM(Ouch, that has to hurt!)
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 24, 2005 08:51 AMHow did you even come up with that, and especially when thinking of Deborah? Lay off the booze.
Posted by: jdb on July 24, 2005 01:14 PM(what did you do, pull the tinfoil out of yer rump and chew on it?)
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 24, 2005 05:37 PMEr....gee...I would hope so!
Probable cause for arrest - as in the case of Kempf - would be determined by your superiors and/or the detectives working on the case (who would also be your superior). Ron Sims can accuse Ms. Kempf of fraud and illegal activity and file a complaint with the KC Sheriffs Office and provide what he believes is evidence. The KCS would then investigate the complaint and the evidence and make the determination whether or not there is probable cause for arrest. You - as a Sheriffs Deputy - could be dispatched to back up the detective making the arrest. The detective in this case would be on the hook for the arrest - thus - YOU (the Sheriffs Deputy) would be just following orders - providing backup and maybe transport of the suspect.....
I'm thinking that maybe Sierradog is not really LEO....He's too paranoid and confrontational to be law enforcement.
Me thinks he's a wannabe and probably a troll.....
Alphabet, I just mentioned a tin foil hat..., how you got to her ass is between you and your shrink.
Posted by: jdb on July 24, 2005 09:35 PMLet's see...do the biteme/jdb math.... must be
"jdb 16 bazillion, rest of the world 0"
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 24, 2005 09:50 PMLet's see...do the biteme/jdb math.... must be
"jdb 16 bazillion, rest of the world 0"
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 24, 2005 09:55 PMLet's see...do the biteme/jdb math.... must be
"jdb 16 bazillion, rest of the world 0"
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 24, 2005 09:56 PMSee what I mean about your drinking problem. Three posts? Got the jitters?
You really need to seek out help. And maybe they can help you with this ass fetish of yours. That and the fact that you can't tell when you are being mocked...., of course, if it is all true, I hate to think what you do with tin foil around your house...,
Posted by: JDB on July 25, 2005 09:37 AMToo bad none of it makes any sense.
Feeeeeel free to keep trying however ;'}
Posted by: alphabet soup on July 25, 2005 12:42 PMPerhaps it is better that you keep hitting the bottle. I would hate to be you and see what the real world is like. How could a mind, even one as small as yours, deal with being constantly wrong? Hey, at least you have your ass fetish, right?
Posted by: JDB on July 25, 2005 02:12 PMThat is why I enjoy this so much....usually people of your caliber are found sitting on a sidewalk with a full load of crap in their pants. This way I can poke at ya without getting any on me…
I must paraphrase Mr. Churchill: "Moron, I may be drunk now, but tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be a moron"
That is why I enjoy this so much....usually people of your caliber are found sitting on a sidewalk with a full load of crap in their pants. This way I can poke at ya without getting any on me…
I must paraphrase Mr. Churchill: "Moron, I may be drunk now, but tomorrow I shall be sober, and you will still be a moron"