Blackwell's Crimes and Misdemeanors 'vs Shelley's... How legal is a "slush

[KaliTracy]

fund... is this standard practice in government?

From Free press: J. Kenneth Blackwell: The “J” is for Judas
January 23, 2005
full article here http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2005/1049

Much information about the SOS that point to questionable practices. And then there are these last couple of paragraphs:
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"New affidavits point to possible criminal activity by top Ohio election officials, raising yet more questions about the 2004 vote. Rhonda J. Frazier, a former employee of the Secretary of State’s office, has confirmed in an affidavit taken by Cynthia Butler, working with freepress.org, that the Office had secret slush funds. Frazier says it also failed to comply with the requirements of “The Voting Reform Grant” that required all the voting machines in Ohio to be inven-toried and tagged for security reasons.

“I was routinely told to violate the bidded contracts to order supplies from other companies for all 17 Secretary of State offices throughout the State which were cheaper vendors, leaving a cash surplus differential in the budget,” Frazier states, “After complaining about the office’s repeated practices of violating grants and contracts, I was fired.” "

If Shelley committed wrongdoing, indeed he should be held accountable. However, if Kenneth Blackwell committed wrongdoing, he, too, should be held accountable. We need to look back at least two years, and compile a comparison/contrast of their alleged problems.

[troubleinwinter]

1. Would you post this here, too?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=318241&mesg_id=318241

[KaliTracy]

2. happy to oblige... n/t

[Helga Scow Stern]

3. This is exactly what we need to be looking at. n/t