Comments on: Want Justice? Pay 40 Grand!

By: rochereau

rochereau — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:11:47 +0000

It is unfortunate that Koot county was dropped from the lawsuit. I don’t think Simpson could have made this decision had KC been included. As I understand it, he based his decision on the county, not the city, being responsible for elections…..and though it sticks in my craw to say so, on that point, he is correct. I would think that the most immediate concern is to stay the bond payment date. Simpson plans to add the cost of producing the documents he allowed, to the bond amount. What am I missing here? It’s called discovery your (dis)honor.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:17:28 +0000

citizen,

English has neither the will nor the ability to deliver “clean” elections in Kootenai County. His dismal failures and worse have now been buried from public exposure with the cooperation of Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh and Judge Benjamin Simpson.

By: citizen

citizen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:10:40 +0000

I speak of the county as a whole. If the greater county bands together to clean up the elections run by English we have a chance.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:22:48 +0000

Not large numbers, citizen. Majorities. Kennedy won with 50.04% of the vote. Goodlander won with 50.23% of the vote. There already exists a large group who do not like the status quo. But such a group has no resonance with City Hall’s arrogance. Things won’t change until the incumbents get 40% and 30% of the vote. I don’t see that happening in Rotten to the Coeur d’Alene.

By: citizen

citizen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:13:04 +0000

I still want to see our elected officials step up and try to get the Attorney General to investigate. I think that it will look like a “cop out” if the citizens push for this and they turn us down. As seen by the Tea Party movement, politicians pay attention when confronted by large numbers. The only answer is large group action. When we rely on courts we seem to lose

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:58:54 +0000

citizen,

I presume our legislature has the authority to subpoena the Secretary of State and the Attorney General and take their testimony regarding this matter. There is a serious problem in allowing the AG to investigate: He is already on record as covering Secretary of State Ysursa’s ass in this matter. As was noted in the hearing yesterday, the Secretary of State writes the election laws that are enacted by the legislature. When the laws are as badly mangled as Ysursa has mangled them, the AG is still in his ass-covering mode. Any “investigation” by the AG would immediately and properly be suspect. The AG could take a day trip down to Salt Lake City and ask the FBI to investigate, but he will not do that. The last thing the AG, the SecState, and any of our local officials and judges want is an uncontrollable federal investigation into Idaho’s FUBAR’d election administration practices.

It is ironic that Dan English and Ben Ysursa profess to want every possible elector to vote. Their actions to obstruct Jim Brannon’s access to evidence in this case reveals their intentional deception. I’ve spoken with several people today who said they have no intention of voting in any Kootenai County election again. Their reasoning is that their vote has been nullified by Ysursa’s and English’s eagerness to sign up foreign citizens and residents to vote in Corrupt d’Alene elections. It is very convenient for them, because most people living in another country are beyond the reach of the US courts until and if they return to the US.

By: citizen

citizen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:12:39 +0000

Perhaps a course of action would be to get all our elected officials (state and county) to petition the Attorney General to investigate the election. To my knowledge citizen requests are not honored, but public official requests are. This would be a good test of the attitude of this elected people and flush out those who don’t care. Where am I going wrong in my thinking (it seems to easy?)

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:17:42 +0000

rochereau, Jim Brannon's amended complaint filed in December 2009 dropped Kootenai County as a defendant. Jim Brannon and Starr Kelso are reviewing the transcript of yesterday's hearing to determine the best course of action.

By: Stebbijo

Stebbijo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:06:00 +0000

I thought I would bring up another judicial point of interest since this thread is about justice or lack thereof. Supreme Court Justice Burdick is rerunning for election. Article here Guess who sits on the same judicial commitee with Justice Burdick? Judge Simpson's wife.

By: rochereau

rochereau — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:03:29 +0000

Bill, what about an appeal of this decision? That would stay the week limit on the bond. It seems to me that the incident in Boise (?) wherein access was granted to these types of documents in a similar case, would constitute precedent for an appeal. Even if this apalling bond was to be posted, the judge has left the case necessitating that Jim prove that Kennedy personally rigged the vote. Impossible to do. Did Kelso not also include Kootenai County as a defendant in this suit? And isn’t the county responsible for all elections? Simpson based his decision on the county, not the city, being responsible for elections. Did he also throw out Koot. Cnty?

Shakespeare jumps to mind. Judge Simpson and CDA city govt….”oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”. Someday that web will be swept away…..I hope.