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Question: What is the difference between the Los Angeles County, California, prosecuting attorney and the Kootenai County, Idaho, prosecuting attorney?
Answer: The Los Angeles County prosecutor takes voter fraud charges seriously.
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According to the Los Angeles Times article linked above:
“[Los Angeles City Councilman Richard] Alarcon faces two felony counts of filing a false declaration of candidacy, once in 2006 and again in 2008. He also faces seven counts of voter fraud stemming from elections he voted in between 2007 and 2009, and nine counts of perjury — including three for allegedly filing false driver’s license applications.
[Flora] Montes de Oca, who married Alarcon in 2007, has been charged with three counts of perjury and three counts of voter fraud. Prosecutors had not yet calculated the maximum penalty if the councilman is convicted of all charges, but said Alarcon could face ‘substantial prison time.’ “
And I recall that Mike Kennedy was allowed to run for CdA City Council in 2005, despite the fact that A) His legal residence was outside the city, B) He had never voted in a City election ever and C) He had never paid property taxes in the City of Coeur d’Alene.
But that was okay with his buddy, Mike Gridley, still City Attorney.
Yeah, there are two set of rules in Coeur d’Alene: One for the elite and another for the rest of us schmos. As long as they keep stealing elections, and as long as we keep electing nutless county prosecutors, this trend isn’t changing.
Comment by Dan — August 5, 2010 @ 7:27 am
So what is happening with Barry McHugh? Inside folks tell me he is doing nothing about the voter fraud, that Brannon has brought out, he is rather trying to defend the county and Mike Kennedy’s case against Brannon. Can anyone fill us in? Didn’t the clerks office mention the fact it turned one case of possible voter fraud into McHugh? Was that the real estate agent or the couple who lived in Hayden?
Comment by WannaBe JD — August 5, 2010 @ 1:12 pm
1. You have hard evidence of a crimes: perjury and voter fraud.
2. You have a County Prosecutor who knows of the crime.
3. The Prosecutor has done nothing for months.
4. The Prosecutor’s wife has been paid $100,000 by the city for an art project.
You don’t need a degree in rocket surgery to figure out what’s going on here.
The message is clear: Apparently white collar crime is okay in Kootenai County. Have at it.
Comment by Dan — August 5, 2010 @ 1:37 pm
Some of my law friends are stirring about running someone against McHugh. Prediction….McHugh will share the same fate as Dan English.
Comment by WannaBe JD — August 5, 2010 @ 2:35 pm
I hate to burst your bubbles but the Judicary is not going to hang any of these folks who are most likely part of their own profesional and private sector. It’s that bad. Even if it goes to the Supreme Court,it’s not going anywhere but back home.
They are going to smooze it over so well it will hit us like a ton of bricks.
I already know of two laws that the Judiciary does not recognize. I feel they are fairly important statutes. I questioned why the judiciary does not have to abide by those laws and I was told that they have a constitutional right to ignore any law passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor.
Our judiciary can write statutes at the committee/Supreme Court level then lobby the Legislature to get what they want and ignore the ones we ask the Legislature and Governor to put through. I have a problem with that.
Comment by Stebbijo — August 5, 2010 @ 4:46 pm
The local elite can only think as far as they can see, and that’s pretty much to the county line. Even if they “win” this case, there will be enough public information out there to embarrass the very same people who think that they’re O-so-important sophisticates. All it would take is a modicum of national attention and they would be exposed for the rubes that they are.
Comment by Dan — August 5, 2010 @ 5:25 pm
They don’t even have to think and I doubt if embarassment is part of their emotional make up. I wonder who’s going to call the Conflict Resolution Panel first?
Comment by Stebbijo — August 5, 2010 @ 6:01 pm
Some people who move here have this notion, that the place where they came from does things better than up here in lil’ ole’ hicktown CDA Idaho. It’s not a matter of: officials in California doing things better than officials in Idaho.The problem is:elected democrats protecting other democrats.They are fully entrenched in power at city hall and the county and they will do anything to stay in power IMO.That’s why the contested city election is taking so long to resolve.
Until, voters wake up and realize what’s going on in this town and vote out some of the incumbents, it will be business as usual for them and nothing will change.
Comment by kageman — August 6, 2010 @ 8:46 am
Cd’A is like a blue dot in sea of red. I don’t think it will change. Just look at the political leanings of the founders of the Art-On-The-Green. Those are the people that shake the trees and the politicos are the fruit that falls.
Comment by Ancientemplar — August 6, 2010 @ 8:56 am
Here is the problem. Voters are waking up but is it too late? Will are Justice system prevail concerning this elections contest? I hope so. But, it’s not like Judge Hosack is worried about getting reelected. The ballot won’t hurt him, it will just put the other one into the door. (Guess who?)
Dan has already pointed out that this fall, another measure is going to be put before us that takes our vote away. The local governments are spending taxpayer money to convince us – this is what we want. Our justice system is passing rules that negates removing judges from cases based on the Supreme Court’s perception of abuse of that rule. (No public input invited – the Judicial system as all power over rules) Then they draft rules that coerce the public into waiving our rights to due process/Idaho Rules of Evidence(laws drafted by the people/legislature). The Judiciary does not have to follow the statutes we ask our legislators to draft and pass. It is their constitutional right, I have been told. That is a very big problem.
Comment by Stebbijo — August 6, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
Okay… they did, and it’s still business as usual.
Comment by Pip — August 7, 2010 @ 5:08 am
Pip,
I am sorry to say that you are incorrect. Only 24% of the people voted. There is 76% that NEED to get involved but wont because they have a perceved belief that their vote will not matter. THAT, is the sad part.
Comment by concerned citizen — August 7, 2010 @ 8:51 am
I think Pip is implying that the last election, legitimate voters voted out three incumbents. But because the election was manipulated, the three incumbents stole the election and are now sitting in office.
Regardless of how the judge rules in this case, when the facts come out, the citizens of Coeur d’Alene will recognized that the government that sits in power in City Hall is illegitimate.
Comment by Dan — August 7, 2010 @ 10:12 am
That’s right Dan.
Comment by Pip — August 7, 2010 @ 8:56 pm