Christine Gregoire, whose election campaign, manual recount and contest lawsuit were all bought by government employee unions, now admits that the vote by state workers to go to a "closed shop" with mandatory union dues was not properly conducted:
Christine Gregoire said Friday there was not full disclosure of the closed-shop requirements in the current Washington state worker union contracts.Nevertheless, Gregoire's administration enforces the union contracts anyway, unfairly sucking millions of dollars out of the pockets of state employees who weren't adequately informed about what was being planned for them and giving the dough to the union bosses who use it to help elect more Democrats! Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 23, 2005 12:44 PM | Email This"There wasn't full disclosure about how much union dues will be," Gregoire said in Seattle, addressing the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.
Heh:
"Union leaders say they're even-handed when it comes to political donations, but the numbers from the 2004 election tell a different story. Seventy-five percent of the union's candidate contributions went to Democrats. The union also gave $200,000 to the Democratic Governors Association and paid $250,000 to the state Democratic Party to underwrite the third vote count that finally put Gregoire into office."
And not a word was said about Kerry's contribution by the democrats except to praise it. Can you imagine what they would have said if President Bush put a quarter mil into Dino's campaign? I can hear it now...."Oh, Bush is BUYING a governorship for his cronies...blah blah blah" But when Kerry did it for Gregoire....silence and approval. Trolls, admit it--you would have cried that it was some kind of grostesque ethical breach if Pres. Bush had done what Kerry did. Everyone knows it....
Posted by: Realist on August 23, 2005 01:05 PMYour day is comin', Christine. In just a little over 3 yrs; oh say, in early November '08. Just keep it up.....(and have that resume polished and ready to go, cuz you're gonna need it when you have to start interviewing for a new job...)
Posted by: Misty on August 23, 2005 01:09 PMGregoire is working hard to become the most despised woman in the state. Well, actually, I guess she already is.
Posted by: BananaLand (aka Iguana) on August 23, 2005 03:03 PMMy question is how much higher does the stink have to get before people start going to jail?
Wait a minute, dumb question.
It's enough to make me wonder what would happen if the Media were the objective defenders of freedom they claim to be, instead of the apparently willing co-conspirators they actually are.
Posted by: Mark on August 23, 2005 03:12 PM“IF THIS INFORMATION WAS OUT IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IT MAY HAVE CHANGED THE ELECTION TO ROSSI” THE DEM’S DECIDED TO PAY THE FINE AND WIN THE ELECTION!
IN THE HEARING THE CHAIR OF THE PDC ACCUSED THE DEM’S OF NOT REPORTING UNWANTED INFORMATION AS BUSINNESS AS USEUAL!
THIS IS NO CONSPIRICY THEORY THIS HAPPENED, READ THE PDC FILE!!!. WHERE WAS THE PRESS? WHERE WERE THE REPUB’S? ALL IT GOT WAS 15 SECONDS ON KING 5 AND 10 SECONDS ON CARLSON. THEN LOST FOREVER
HEY J.B.L., WHO NEEDS THE MOB WHEN WE HAVE GREGOIRE !!!