Sound Politics: Sewer of Corruption (XXI)

October 20, 2006

Sewer of Corruption (XXI)

State Democrat Party Chairman "Cuba" Dwight Pelz has been fined $1,750 for violating campaign-finance reporting rules during his unsuccessful 2005 bid for City Council.

Richard Pope first publicized the issue of Pelz's financial report irregularities back in January, when Pelz was running for party chairman. But the Democrats elected him anyway. Makes one wonder whether the inability to file campaign finance reports is a prerequisite for the job.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 20, 2006 10:06 AM | Email This

Comments

1. Memo to Stefan:

Regarding campaign and many other laws, democrats view them as "suggestions," not "laws."

When they break them,it's always "different."

Just ask Ted Kennedy or Gary Studds.

Well, Kennedy, at least.

Fidel Pelz is no exception.

Posted by: Hinton on October 20, 2006 11:27 AM

2. Yes. I've noticed it's always a "clerical error". Boy, those poor clerical types must be really dumb for making such errors, and doubly dumb for taking the heat.

Posted by: katomar on October 20, 2006 02:12 PM

3. Katomar

actually it is just the Democrats being "sloppy" just like Sandy Burglar.

Posted by: TrueSoldier on October 20, 2006 03:29 PM

4. A great cartoon for you hinton, illustrating just how things are 'different' for the dems.

Posted by: Cheryl on October 20, 2006 04:52 PM

5. and another!

Posted by: Cheryl on October 20, 2006 04:54 PM

6. If Pope makes judge, does that mean he won't be able to file all these complaints anymore? It's too much fun watching him bust all these people for their underhanded behavior.

Posted by: Michele on October 20, 2006 05:06 PM

7. Bravo, Cheryl! Btw, will you please go post those links in the comments section over at HA? there's a lot of people over there in denial, thinking that a guy who emailed an underage page is even worse than a guy who actually HAD SEX with a page.

Posted by: Michele on October 20, 2006 05:08 PM

8. katomar 2--yep--about as smart as actor Snipes getting into IRS trouble. or Harry Reid's land issues. or willie nelson's long history of tax-capades.

no one hires experts/admin people for this? i don't believe any of the excuses. most people know EXACTLY where every penny is--remember that phrase "ignorance of the law is no defense?"

they all are counting on a voter's short attention span.

Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on October 21, 2006 03:17 AM

9. I still say Dwight Pelz is Daddy Warbucks. Jimmie--what are you, a vampire? When do you sleep?

Posted by: Organization Man on October 21, 2006 09:03 AM

10. OrgMan--
daytime, i sleep at my King County Elections job. at night, i draft creative and truly effective solutions to the problems i created at my day job. i call it "resource recycling" much like the fabled pepertual motion machine. ;)

Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on October 23, 2006 11:12 AM