In his rank incompetence, Davey "Theft 3" Delete blew off the hearing where the state Attorney General's office had the hammer out for the local GOP because of their PDC record keeping.
For weeks, I heard about Theft 3 babbling that there was no need for him to even bother showing up, let alone get a lawyer to represent the local party. After all, there was a bill in the Legislature that was going to make all this go away.
I knew, of course, that such was a crock. Obviously, his informational source on that (It has the reek of Rivers about it) was more "hopeful" than logical.
Well, in reading one of Glen Morgan's missives, it suddenly became clear to me what the local GOP Village Idiot was talking about: HB2938, known as either the "Get the Democrats off the Hook" Bill, or more popularly, the "Stop Glen Morgan" Bill.
Passage of this snake oil crap (oddly typical for this legislature) was, Theft 3 assumed, going to get his butt out of the fire as a collateral impact... and not just apply to the leftists that Morgan has so artfully skewered.
The problem is that Theft 3's thought processes have been routinely shown to be flawed in a variety of ways... not the least of which is his total ignorance of politics, legislation, the actual playing field of Olympia and, well, ANY of the equipment you need to carry to be a successful GOP chair.
Morgan gives a summary of what happened:
By Glen Morgan April 18, 2018
A few weeks ago, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed ESHB 2938“Concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting.” Inslee was motivated to sign this bill, in part, because of his own failure to follow the state’s campaign finance laws (see PDC complaint linked here). Among Democratic party leaders and lawmakers, this was referred to as the “Stop Glen Morgan” bill, and this author discussed the many flaws in the original draft bill (linked here). However, the original bill was scrapped when it became apparent that only Democrats supported the obvious, self-serving effort to extract themselves from the many legal violations that they committed of Washington State’s elegant campaign finance laws (RCW 42.17A). The Republicans opposed the original draft, and (unusually) were completely unified in opposition. The Democrats, having only a slim majority in the house and Senate were forced to recognize that only a bi-partisan effort would produce any reform at all. The bill went through a variety of iterations, including a partial veto by Governor Inslee, but in the end, the most significant bill reforming the state’s campaign finance law since the 1980s was signed into law and goes into effect June 7th.
A majority of legislators are guilty of violating the law
When the revised bill was on the house floor for a vote, John Lovick (campaign finance complaints linked here, here, here, and here) addressed the fact that it was impossible to garner a quorum of legislators to vote on the bill due to the fact that so many of them had pending campaign finance complaints. In the Washington State Constitution, Article II, Section 30, states:
After speaking to many veteran legislators in Olympia, all of them informed this author that they had never before witnessed the need for a statement from the speaker like this to be read before passage.
Senator Billig (see campaign finance complaint) here recently complained to a group of Spokane Democratic Party (see AG lawsuit linked here) leaders that he had attempted, but failed to make this bill retroactive to current complaints. However, while many Democrat legislators attempted to make changes to the law to exempt themselves from their own failure to comply, all those efforts failed and the final bill does not have a retrospective provision in it. For those already in the system, the old rules still apply. [NOTE: my emphasis]
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And yes, the local GOP was "already in the system."
Now, I get what Theft was looking for here. However, if he had the knowledge or common sense of a board fence, he should have known better.
There was never any way for Theft 3 to squirm out from under this, and instead of doing what he should have he did what he always tries to do: the easy way out. Let others do the work for you.
Well, as expected, this is just another chapter in his book of miserable failures as party chair. And here's the thing, Davey: you screwed the party by blowing off the hearing. Chief RINO Brent Boger has even publically slapped him around for it.
In fact, looking at the colossal failure of his tenure, he has managed to screw up every aspect of his job and this party. A consistent record of arrogance, division, and failure.
Thanks again to Glen Morgan for all of HIS hard work to bring these issues to light. Yes, as a result, the local GOP is going to get hammered.... now, much more than it otherwise would have if the party chair had the faintest clue of what the hell he should be doing.
Which... of course... he has not.
Hopefully, he'll get his head handed to him in a basket in Court next week... and we'll be done with this moron. Then the problem will be which Theft 3 clone will replace him.
For weeks, I heard about Theft 3 babbling that there was no need for him to even bother showing up, let alone get a lawyer to represent the local party. After all, there was a bill in the Legislature that was going to make all this go away.
I knew, of course, that such was a crock. Obviously, his informational source on that (It has the reek of Rivers about it) was more "hopeful" than logical.
Well, in reading one of Glen Morgan's missives, it suddenly became clear to me what the local GOP Village Idiot was talking about: HB2938, known as either the "Get the Democrats off the Hook" Bill, or more popularly, the "Stop Glen Morgan" Bill.
Passage of this snake oil crap (oddly typical for this legislature) was, Theft 3 assumed, going to get his butt out of the fire as a collateral impact... and not just apply to the leftists that Morgan has so artfully skewered.
The problem is that Theft 3's thought processes have been routinely shown to be flawed in a variety of ways... not the least of which is his total ignorance of politics, legislation, the actual playing field of Olympia and, well, ANY of the equipment you need to carry to be a successful GOP chair.
Morgan gives a summary of what happened:
Governor Jay Inslee signed “Stop Glen Morgan” campaign finance bill, but will it really change anything?
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A majority of legislators are guilty of violating the law
When the revised bill was on the house floor for a vote, John Lovick (campaign finance complaints linked here, here, here, and here) addressed the fact that it was impossible to garner a quorum of legislators to vote on the bill due to the fact that so many of them had pending campaign finance complaints. In the Washington State Constitution, Article II, Section 30, states:
“…A MEMBER WHO HAS A PRIVATE INTEREST IN ANY BILL OR MEASURE PROPOSED OR PENDING BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, SHALL DISCLOSE THE FACT TO THE HOUSE OF WHICH HE IS A MEMBER, AND SHALL NOT VOTE THEREON.” WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE II, SECTION 30As Rep. Lovick states in the beginning, one way to avoid violating this statute is if the bill is prospective, not retroactive. Also if the state constitution were to be applied to pending campaign finance complaints, it would not just be impossible to garner a quorum, but the pending complaints would deny the legislature the ability to make any changes to the statute, and thereby block the “plenary power” ( a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations) of the legislature. In the Washington State Constitution, plenary power for the rules used for passing laws is granted to the legislature under Article II, Section 9.
After speaking to many veteran legislators in Olympia, all of them informed this author that they had never before witnessed the need for a statement from the speaker like this to be read before passage.
Senator Billig (see campaign finance complaint) here recently complained to a group of Spokane Democratic Party (see AG lawsuit linked here) leaders that he had attempted, but failed to make this bill retroactive to current complaints. However, while many Democrat legislators attempted to make changes to the law to exempt themselves from their own failure to comply, all those efforts failed and the final bill does not have a retrospective provision in it. For those already in the system, the old rules still apply. [NOTE: my emphasis]
More:
_______________________________________________
And yes, the local GOP was "already in the system."
Now, I get what Theft was looking for here. However, if he had the knowledge or common sense of a board fence, he should have known better.
There was never any way for Theft 3 to squirm out from under this, and instead of doing what he should have he did what he always tries to do: the easy way out. Let others do the work for you.
Well, as expected, this is just another chapter in his book of miserable failures as party chair. And here's the thing, Davey: you screwed the party by blowing off the hearing. Chief RINO Brent Boger has even publically slapped him around for it.
In fact, looking at the colossal failure of his tenure, he has managed to screw up every aspect of his job and this party. A consistent record of arrogance, division, and failure.
Thanks again to Glen Morgan for all of HIS hard work to bring these issues to light. Yes, as a result, the local GOP is going to get hammered.... now, much more than it otherwise would have if the party chair had the faintest clue of what the hell he should be doing.
Which... of course... he has not.
Hopefully, he'll get his head handed to him in a basket in Court next week... and we'll be done with this moron. Then the problem will be which Theft 3 clone will replace him.
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