I attended today's hearing on the Dotzauer divorce file. Gene Johnson of the AP has a write-up:
A longtime friend and adviser to U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is fighting the unsealing of his divorce case to hide his "bad behavior and possible illegal actions," his ex-wife has alleged in a court filing.The filing is here. She wants the file opened and cries foul on her ex-husband's attempt to keep it sealed:
What Ron really wants is to be able to keep secret everything in the file he believes will be embarrassing to himself and to Maria Cantwell.Indeed.
The court has to review every document on Dotzauer's list that he wants to keep sealed. The next (and not final) hearing will be on November 3. Dotzauer managed to run down the clock. The file won't be unsealed before the election.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 24, 2006 11:08 PM | Email ThisSo the official "stall" is in effect and the public is being played for the patsy once again. Maybe Maria would rather step down than go through a recall should the truth ever be allowed to get out. Giving Millions in government business to a lover/ex lover's lobbying firm has got to be a conflict of some sort. "Maria gets laid and Dotzauer gets paid", I have to admit, it's got a ring to it.
Posted by: Smokie on October 25, 2006 01:28 AMTHIS is where the real scandal is.
Also, my guess is Dotzauer will be owing his ex-wife a boatload of back Child Support. This could be HUGE.
Cantwell's involvement in all of this???
Time will tell.
Thank you Stefan for posting the information you got that one day. Had you not posted it immediately, Dotzauer's attorney would have moved to muzzle you.
Let the voters decide based on what they know today.
Unfortunately, the only way to get this out is if the RNC does it. McGavick won't do it. He's too committed to the no-sleaze campaign.
Perhaps some private citizens could do it???
Home-cooking if you ask me.
Cantwell was part of the tax scam, unless she was too dumb and naive to know the difference. I can't decide.
Posted by: swatter on October 25, 2006 07:01 AM"The money, which had not been repaid as of Cantwell's most recent filing, was the subject of an Associated Press article noting that Cantwell, a first-term Democrat who is up for reelection, had helped direct $11 million in federal contracts to clients of Dotzauer's firm. There is no evidence that Cantwell's efforts to obtain the funding for projects in her state were based on her connection to Dotzauer, but ethics rules generally require senators to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest."Posted by: MJC on October 25, 2006 07:15 AM
Are you all serious, this mess matters to helping Americans needing affordable health care?
Ae you serious, this mess matters to fighting the war on terror?
Are you serious, this matters................
OK......you Stef and Michelle are not sugguesting what this Cantwell Aide did or she did has anything to do with why MCGAVICK would be a better SEnator for the State of Washington?
Are you sugguesting that?
Posted by: Once At City on October 25, 2006 08:46 AMAre you all serious? This matters to the issues: American fighting and dieing in defense of Freedom, Balancing the Budget, Fixing Social Security, Protecting our Boarders, reducing Taxes, fixing our schools
Yes, we are serious. If you cannot see how a corrupt senator on the take can affect this, then you are ignorant.
Are you all serious, this mess matters to helping Americans needing affordable health care?
Yes, we are serious. A corrupt senator on the take can affect the ability to direct funds for making healthcare affordable.
Ae you serious, this mess matters to fighting the war on terror?
Yes we are serious. If a corrupt senator will give away federal tax dollard to lobbyist she sleeps with, then how can we trust she has the character to keep national security information safe. She should not be allowed anywhere near any intelligence committee.
Are you serious, this matters................
Yes we are serious. This matters a lot. It goes straight to character.
OK......you Stef and Michelle are not sugguesting what this Cantwell Aide did or she did has anything to do with why MCGAVICK would be a better SEnator for the State of Washington?
Yes, it has plenty to do with it. McGavick isn't sleeping with lobbyist s and granting them $11 million in federal monies. Or are you now saying what Jack Abramoff did wasn't important?
Are you sugguesting that?
Most emphatically!
Posted by: pbj on October 25, 2006 09:01 AMwhat will we call the divorce file unsealing day? Lady Godiva Day? yee---can't wait to see ALL dem tattoos!!
Posted by: jimmie-howya-doin on October 25, 2006 09:54 AMThe judge SHOULD be expediting and assisting in everyway any investigation on how money flowed. Pants on or off it doesn't matter because it is about the flow of money; who boned Cantwell is Cantwell's business not the voters.
oh- and PBJ...where should we mail your online degree to?
Posted by: Andy on October 25, 2006 11:20 AMHer lack of any credible value system that would allow her do the things she is cited in the divorce papers as having done is also a consideration when determining who should be a representative in the Senate.
Posted by: smokie on October 25, 2006 11:36 AMIt still does.
Posted by: Michele on October 25, 2006 11:45 AMNo need for an online degree. My real degree tells me that if I were to earn one online, the proper query would be "To where should we email your online degree."
Posted by: pbj on October 25, 2006 02:27 PMA Senator on the Take? Cantwell. Is that something educated people on both ends do not already know? Is that something the other 99 in the current Senate do not do - take advantage by being on the take? Is that something new or different for some millionares in politics to do?
PBJ. If you are familiar with me, you are aware I am know apologist for Demos, particulary liberals like Cantwell. So PLEASE LETS NOT GET IT TWISTED!
If there is Washington State elected politican that is not beholded to some type of special interest, then I am uninformed and missing. For which I freely admit my ignorance.
I am sorry PBJ that I doubt your sincerity when it comes to using "character" as an issue. If character was the driving issue for most, then we would not have many of the politicos we have in office today.
Please do not overlay our collective wish for people of character in office vs the need for many Americans to have solutions to paying the rent, covering health expenses, getting tax releif and getting our sons and daughters out of harms away.
Leave the character stuff for areas it matters. Priest, Teachers, Police for example. Politicans, well..........we ALL (including Once at City) get the government and politics we deserve. YEs?
Respectfully,
Once At City
Frankly if GOP were spending time on Balancing the Budget, Protecting our Boarders, Curing Social Security, Staying out Teri Shivo Case, then yeah.......I guess I would have NOT HAVE heard of Jack.
go figure. who cares. Miiddle Class Americans need Tax Relief Paluose. Not high school gotcha games. Lets you and I have a civil conversation about Ideas and issues. I could care a less about what i already know - POLITICANS I are infleunced by Lobbyist. I remember claerly when demos were in power doing the same. NOt new NEWS
RENT IS STILL DUE.
Respectfully
Once At City
That said, I would be happy to argue issues on a thread about Social Security, taxes, fiscal policy, or whatever, but that is not the topic of this thread. Want to talk about something else? Fine. Start a thread on the public blog or on your own blog, and I will respond.
As for this topic, I believe that if something like Abramoff or a 13 year old DUI can be used as political fuel for one side, then fair play is that this can be used as well. That's politics, like it or not.
Posted by: Palouse on October 25, 2006 04:56 PM"Please do not overlay our collective wish for people of character in office vs the need for many Americans to have solutions to paying the rent, covering health expenses, getting tax releif and getting our sons and daughters out of harms away."
Here are some possible solutions that do not require the involvement of "politicos:"
Paying the rent: Stay in school. Study hard. Apply yourself and get a good job. Show up for work. Have a good attitude. You will make the rent on your own.
Covering health expenses: See paying the rent, above. Add to it: Eat properly. Exercise regularly. Don't smoke or use drugs, and drink alcohol in moderation if at all.
Getting tax relief: Vote republicans into office.
Getting our sons and daughters out of harm's way: Move out of Seattle.
Posted by: Organization Man on October 25, 2006 08:07 PM