Monday, March 28, 2005
Democratically Elected Mayor Removed by Radical Separatist Governor Jeb Bush's Secret Police
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/28/95929/1886
here's more links to the story....seems they take tampering with elections pretty seriously there in Florida...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-asec-dyerstory031105,0,7150.story?coll=sfla-news-florida
The investigation focuses on polital consultant Ezzie Thomas. "And what does Ezzie Thomas do? He simply helps older African Americans participate in the voting process."
Dyer goes on to say, "In other words my campaign employed a campaign consultant who allegedly violated the law by encouraging older African American voters to participate in the elective process by absentee ballot and I am being held to account for that."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-asecmayexcerpt12031205mar12,0,2897565.story?coll=sfla-news-florida
From Parentadvocates.org
http://parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=5593
"Some elderly black residents of Orlando said that agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which conducted the investigation and reports to Governor Bush, had intimidated them during interviews at their homes about the absentee ballots they cast in the mayoral race last March."
From the Sun-Sentinal
"Hiring workers to collect and deliver absentee ballots as part of a get-out-the-voter effort is commonplace in big-money campaigns, said Judy Stern, a long-time Broward campaign manager. "It's a practice that's been going on for years," Stern said. "Everybody does it."
Strategists baffled by ballots crackdown
And from the New York Times,
"Many longtime Florida observers have said the use of state troopers for this type of investigation is extremely unusual, and it has caused a storm of controversy. "
The New York Times - August 20, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/opinion/20herbert.html
You can read this whole article by clicking the link below:
Voting While Black
by Bob Herbert
full text of above article:
here's more links to the story....seems they take tampering with elections pretty seriously there in Florida...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-asec-dyerstory031105,0,7150.story?coll=sfla-news-florida
The investigation focuses on polital consultant Ezzie Thomas. "And what does Ezzie Thomas do? He simply helps older African Americans participate in the voting process."
Dyer goes on to say, "In other words my campaign employed a campaign consultant who allegedly violated the law by encouraging older African American voters to participate in the elective process by absentee ballot and I am being held to account for that."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-asecmayexcerpt12031205mar12,0,2897565.story?coll=sfla-news-florida
From Parentadvocates.org
http://parentadvocates.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=5593
"Some elderly black residents of Orlando said that agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which conducted the investigation and reports to Governor Bush, had intimidated them during interviews at their homes about the absentee ballots they cast in the mayoral race last March."
From the Sun-Sentinal
"Hiring workers to collect and deliver absentee ballots as part of a get-out-the-voter effort is commonplace in big-money campaigns, said Judy Stern, a long-time Broward campaign manager. "It's a practice that's been going on for years," Stern said. "Everybody does it."
Strategists baffled by ballots crackdown
And from the New York Times,
"Many longtime Florida observers have said the use of state troopers for this type of investigation is extremely unusual, and it has caused a storm of controversy. "
The New York Times - August 20, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/opinion/20herbert.html
You can read this whole article by clicking the link below:
Voting While Black
by Bob Herbert
full text of above article:
Voting While Black: Fla Stench Gets Stronger
Others say that this whole process was part of a larger plan to help Bush (W) win the Presidential race by silencing Ezzie in Orlando, a city with a large African-American population.
RH: Jeb Bush dirty tactics to help brother win Florida
# posted by David @ Monday, March 28, 2005 
