Help me stop this RW creep from becoming city commissioner!

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So, last year I worked for 10 days for a right wing creep who never paid me, until the Bureau of Labor forced him to.

He hired me to be his sales manager, to recruit high school dropouts into his high school completion program. I quickly realized this was more-or-less a diploma mill that handed out worthless certificates of completion. His "school" had lost accreditation the previous year, which I discovered on my own. He had lied to me that his program was accredited, and unknowingly, I repeated that lie to prospective students. Once I started examining his "school" closer, it looked more and more like a big scam. Just by talking to some of the people he told me to contact for leads, I heard stories about how this man burned them. Once I realized I was selling a worthless product, I quit. I had to file with BOLI to finally get paid, and so did the woman who did my job before I got there!

Now he is running for City Commissioner in our mid-sized town!

He is a 78 year old retired colonel with a lot of old military buddies, and also a lot of church friends. (He makes sure to let everyone know he is "Christian", which is just part of his dishonest, conniving nature.)

I should have quit the second I saw the BUSH / CHENEY sticker displayed on his wall. I should have walked out of the interview when he had misgivings that I previously lived in San Francisco. Live and learn.

But, this man is dishonest, and he has no business running for any office. Suggestions?

[Ineeda]

1. work for his opponent n/t

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11. He has one opponent.

I just emailed her. :)

[izquierdista]

2. Don't just tell us

Get the word out in your community. Newspapers, craigslist, local TV, there's got to be lots of websites where you can tell your story.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. See if you can find a news investigator

they live for that stuff.

They will expose this idiot and it'll be on the air and exposed for who he really is.

Hawkeye-X

[Permanut]

4. Seems a little odd

that you've left out any information that would actually be useful, like his name and location. What's up with that?

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6. Because by doing so, I would reveal more about my own identity than I want to.

There are so many vindictive RW stalkers out there.

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13. He's in Oregon City

I PM'd you his name.

[Suich]

5. Where?

:shrug:

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9. Oregon City, OR

[Suich]

12. Know it well...I was raised in Portland.

Good idea to notify his opponent.

I agree with Hawkeye-X's suggestion.

Good luck!

:hi:

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Why am I always skeptical of people professing the be Christians?

You have to work for his opponent. If it is true that he was selling a high school completion program that was not accredited, was this ever exposed? If it was, get the newspaper reports on it and bring them back out in the light. Do you have proof that you had to go through the BOLI to get paid? Just watch accusations that you are not able to substantiate. This type of person can cause a lot of headaches for you if you have no proof.

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10. He didn't act or even talk like he was spiritual, at all.

Never mentioned God or Jesus or the bible. But he told me to be sure to say that we are a Christian school.

I might have the BOLI paperwork somewhere, but I'm sure that BOLI still has my case information. Maybe the accreditation part could get weasely if he denies ever claiming he could give out real diplomas.

[twenty20]

8. You sound motivated

Run against the 'ol shyster.