KOEB thread has 319 hits but Fitrakis' need for help 3-What's up?

[mod mom]

This is a forum about Election Results and as much respect as I have for KO, Bob Fitrakis and others do not draw large salaries or sit in cushy studios and have been working in the trenches to expose the disgraceful election fraud. Please brothers and sisters dig a little deeper and support our true patriots fighting the good fight in Ohio!

[liberalnurse]

1. Could you share a link to your

site for the donation? I have attended the Ohio vot rallies....

[mod mom]

2. gladly and it's tax deductible!

http://www.freepress.org /

[Clark2008]

3. As a single Mom, I have no money to give right now

But, as a charter member of the KOEB thread AND a subscriber to Free Press AND a former working journalist, I will be happy to kick your thread for you and for Fitrakis.

:kick:

[mod mom]

5. better kind and poorer than rich and evil-thanks! heres wishing good

fortune comes your way!

[Ryder911]

4. I just gave them $25. Thanks for the reminder. /eom

[FreepFryer]

6. Thanks! Everyone, realize your own power!

Until we realize the financial strength of the grassroots, we will never be able to match the ubercorporate coffers of the GOP.

If we Democrats budgeted regular donations the way Republicans do, regardless of the amount, we'd be in a whole different place.

Candidates' money is not grassroots money.

Grassroots money can be laser-targeted at short notice, to grassroots causes!

REALIZE YOUR OWN POWER!

[mod mom]

7. didn't mean to steal your topic but wanted to give a giant kick for our OH

Freedom fighters!

[FreepFryer]

8. Not stolen AT ALL. Thanks! The more people realize the power of making

a regular donation to a Democratic cause of urgency/their choice (in this case Ohio Legal Defense), the better!!!

[WhirlyGirl]

9. No offense taken, mod mom, it is a fair observation...

... Some of us just have some idiosynchratic strategies for keeping our spirits up and satisfying our affiliative needs! :-)
I for one will make sure they get a contribution. Thanks for the reality check.

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<< didn't mean to steal your topic but wanted to give a giant kick for our OH Freedom fighters! >> mod mom

[Helga Scow Stern]

10. Yes! Although love and floaty hearts make the world go round,

we need to give money or there will be nothing left to love.

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
And speaking of love, we could stand to throw a few bucks towards Kevin Shelley, who was so abandoned by Dems after his standing up to Diebold in our state that he had nothing in his legal fund and had to mortgage his house.
donation info here:

Call Kevin Shelley 916-653-7244 and tell him we support him and will fight for him.

Donate to Kevin Shelley's legal defense fund by sending donations to his accountants at:

Olson, Hagel & Fishburn
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1425
Sacramento, CA 95814
[phone]

Make checks out to Legal Defense Fund.


This case is crucial for Ohio, because if the EAC can investigate Shelley for partisan activites with HAVA money, it can damn sure investigate Blackwell!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
Take a look:
All it took was prodding by some "journalists":

On Friday, August 20th, shortly after revelations and allegations published in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury kicked off the "Shelleygate" scandal, California Politics Today contacted the Election Assistance Commission to find out what, if anything, it was doing to monitor the spending of California's HAVA money. Brian Whitener, spokesperson for EAC, told CPT that EAC was expecting a report from California regarding the spending of its HAVA money in March, 2005.

Asked about the reports in the San Jose Mercury that almost half-a-million dollars in federal HAVA funds were being misappropriated by the state's chief elections officer, Mr. Whitener indicated that EAC couldn't comment on news reports.

Asked if EAC had a mechanism in place for the on-going auditing of the hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds it was allocating under the HAVA to California and other states, Mr. Whitener indicated that it did not.

Mr. Whitener suggested that inquiries regarding the misappropriation of HAVA funds in this case be directed to "California," which he indicated meant the Secretary of State of California, the very person whose use of these funds was at issue.

At Mr. Whitener's suggestion, CTP prepared and e-mailed to him a list of questions regarding the allegations made about California Secretary of State in the San Jose Mercury article.

At 12:48 pm, PDT, on Friday, August 20th, this e-mail was sent to Mr. Whitener at the EAC:

Hi Brian,

Here's a link to today's article in the San Jose Mercury alleging that California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley has misappropriated almost half a million dollars in HAVA money:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/9449482.htm

As a reporter for California Politics Today, at http://www.etopiamedia.net/empnn/pages/cpt-emnn/cpt-emnn0.html, I'd like to do a short recorded audio interview with someone at EAC to discuss:

1. Is there an ongoing audit function at EAC to monitor/supervise the disbursement in the states of the HAVA funds EAC is responsible for providing to the states?
2. Has EAC taken note of the recent allegations against Secretary of State Shelley?
3. Does EAC have any comment about these allegations?
4. Is EAC conducting or planning to conduct any investigations of these allegations?
5. What criminal charges or civil remedies could be pursued by EAC if it finds wrongdoing on the part of Secretary of State Shelley?
6. Can misappropriation of HAVA funds by state election officers result in action by EAC to limit further payment of HAVA funds to the offending states?
7. Have there been, to your knowledge, any other instances of alleged or proven misappropriation by states of HAVA funds and, if so, what has been the disposition of these cases?

If possible, I'd like to get something on the record about these questions before the close of business today.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide about these questions.

Regards,

Marc Strassman
Reporter
California Politics Today
Etopia Media Political News Networks
Etopia Media News Networks
http://www.etopiamedia.net/empnn/pages/cpt-emnn/cpt-emnn115-5551212.html

and I did donate to Fritakis' site
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[crispini]

11. Darn, I just gave $$$ to two other causes

so I'm out until next payday.

:kick: and let's keep kicking until I can contribute. So many good causes, so little time.

[gkhouston]

12. actually, I sent them money last month

but I'll talk to my better half and see if we can dig a little deeper. Kick!

[mod mom]

13. I wish the heavy hitters who contribute vast amounts and feel little

effect could appreciate the sacrifice of those of us who live pay check to pay check to restore democracy. They write a check, we give a little of our souls with our contributions. Keep up the good fight!

Love, m mom

[zalinda]

14. Donated last week n/t

[wildflower]

15. Kick for Fitrakis and Shelley n/t

[seito]

16. Done

Just because a thread does not get 319 hits does not mean that the people here are not working hard on these election reform issues.

I do not kick a thread every time I take action. Perhaps I should. :)

[NMRedGreen]

17. dropped a few bills

into the various funds, just didn't feel I needed to make any comment on it. Here's hoping a few more folks do the same this week.

Next week we have a blogosphere-wide campaign to make a donation to the dnc when Dean is elected Chair.

[greenmutha]

18. Hey - I gave 'em 40 bucks...

Chill out, wouldja? Just because we share a love of Keef :loveya: doesn't mean we don't do anything constructive for the cause.

This is for you :grouphug:

[bettyellen]

19. kick.

even though you don't seem to approve of my friends and I.

[Melissa G]

20. Kick for Fritakis and Shelley Funds!

:loveya: for Keef and the KOEB!