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You might be a Johnson County Liberal if.........

You didn't say boo over the last four years as the county increased its budget 56% (from $53+ million in 2007 to $84+ million in 2010), but are crying foul now about spending $75,000 on a special election with a fiscal conservative looking to take a seat on that liberal county board.....

And never mind that the county auditor Slockett''s figure of $75,000 for the cost of this special election should be questioned, it shouldn't cost NEARLY that much.  He likes to waste taxpayer money on wages, overstaffing polling places, posting 8 people to process 2 voters at any given time....

Absurd statement of the day

Today's absurd statement comes from Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan, who in defining the meaning of liberal wrote a number of things he considers as 'liberal' to include this:

"I certainly fit many definitions of liberal...."  "We have African American children" and "We are foster parents."

Kudos to Sullivan and his wife for being foster parents, but how is that exclusive and somehow a defining characteristic of being a liberal?  And what's up with the We have African American children line?  That makes Sullivan liberal?

Naturally, the Sullivan defenders will charge the Coralville Courier with taking things out of context, but you can read for yourself what he wrote by clicking here.

It's absurd!

Liberals are idiots

Why do liberals - claimers of all government is good, proponents of the government must be the first and only solution to all supposed problems - seem to think that the government is some kind of Fortune 500 business with an endless stream of cash?

Such thinking is void of logic and common sense.

But that's liberal thinking for you.....

Ladies and gentlemen the city of Iowa City can't afford to properly fund basic services and public safety.  The county has made some false promises and can't properly maintain the basic services they're responsible for.  If you've been paying attention, you know that the state is out of money.  And we all know (or should) that the federal government has been deficit spending our grandchildren's earnings, with Obama quadrupling the spending of the Bush years.

Is it any coincidence that all levels of government we in Johnson County deal with are being run by liberals?

The economy is sour and what do liberals in every phase of government want to do?  Spend more of YOUR money!

That's simply illogical.

Iowa City needs another fire station, and what does Mayor Bailey propose to do?  Spend $80K on art!  What does the city council approve?  $10K on Wii consoles, $62K on a pointless survey for the downtown area,  and give a failing theatre $50K annually. 

Johnson County needs to focus more on road maintenance and what do they do?  Spend millions on mental health and build a multi-million dollar facility that isn't being fully utilized and was even suggested to house homeless people because it was unpurposed.

AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!

Iowa City - raising taxes instead of cutting their budget; Johnson County - spending exceeding proper budget constraints; State of Iowa - borrowing money to pay bills; Federal Government - deficit spending your grandchildren's wages.

All levels of government you currently live with have liberal leaders at the helm.....

The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers’ Party

This is a great article from the American Thinker

The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers' Party.  Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are lawyers.  Bill Clinton and Michelle Obama are lawyers.  John Edwards, the other former Democrat candidate for president, is a lawyer and so is his wife Elizabeth.  Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate.)  Every  Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.  Look at the Democrat Party in Congress:  the Majority Leader in each house is a lawyer.  

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Defenders of JC Democrat Machine don't care that Pulkrabek made false claims

In his recent spam letters to the editor to newspaper publications in Johnson County, County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek tried to influence people and imtimidate others.

The Sheriff of Johnson county made some blatantly false accusations against a law-abiding resident of Johnson County and members of the local Republican party, and he intentionally used his title in submitting his letter to area publications to do so.  

Instead of being concerned with the truth, local Democrat Machine defenders are making the issue about the Sheriff's *right* to misinform!

Here's an example from the Press-Citizen comments to the Sheriff's letter:

From a poster going by "OrangeJuicer":  There is nothing illegal, unethical, or unusual about sending the same letter to multiple newspapers. Calling it spamming or an attempt to intimidate is a gross exaggeration.

OrangeJuicer is right that there's nothing illegal about sending a letter to the editor to muliple newspapers, but that ignores the real problem, and yes, it is indeed unethical what the Sheriff did, unusual too.

NEWSFLASH: The Sheriff wasn't at the Pentacrest as he described in his letter to the editor. He lied to you.

"How ironic it was to see Lori Cardella and her Republican friends down on the Pentacrest working so hard to get students’ signatures, while not fully informing them what they were signing," he wrote.

If the Sheriff didn't blatantly lie with that statement, at the very least he irresponsibly misinformed readers. The problem is, Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek - a member of the local Democrat machine - wasn't at the Pentacrest let alone in earshot where special election petitioners were gathering signatures. 

And he multiplied his fabrication by sending his misinformation to multiple newspaper sources, to some including his title as the Sheriff of Johnson County.

It's unbelievable that some people are defending the Sheriff in this case.  He wasn't being truthful, he abused his position, but defenders of the local Democrat Machine don't care about that.

How is the Sheriff lying to the people he supposedly serves.....  fullfilling his duty?  How is that upholding the office of Sheriff and the badge he wears?  Serve and protect?  How is what he did honorable? 

Would it be prudent of local news organizations to look at the Sheriff's office blotter logs to check into the whereabouts of the Sheriff during petition times at the Pentacrest?......  Before those logs get doctored?

 

Evidence of a Democrat Machine in Johnson County

Did you know that as a member of the Johnson County Compensation Board, Janelle Rettig recommended that the county's elected officials receive a 3 percent pay raise for fiscal year 2010?

It's true.  Despite a sour economy, Rettig voted to spend more of your money.  That recommendation took place in January.  

Rettig declared her supervisor candidacy on June 8. 

Now that may be just a coincidence, but at the very least she voted to benefit the party elite.

Janelle Rettig as you may recall, was a co-chair for the vote yes loons on the Conservation Bond issue. That agenda, authorizing the county government to buy unspecified lands for unspecified uses cost county residents $20 million.  One might ask if there is a little quid pro quo going on here with the pay raise, *thanking* Supervisors Sullivan, Neuzil, and Stutsman for pushing the Conservation Bond issue.
 
http://coralvillecourier.typepad.com/community/2009/01/despite-sour-economy-county-supervisors-to-consider-giving-themselves-a-raise.html

Obama tells us one thing, does another

Obama's religious affilation apparently changes depending on who his audience is.  To some he says he is a Christian.  To others he has said he is a Muslim.  To many he defended his association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.  To those who inquired about that relationship he went into denial.  Obama has quoted from the Koran, but have you ever heard him quote from the Bible?  Why has Obama changed his story numerous times?

 

 

If George Bush was an idiot.... Then what does that make Barack Obama?

Liberals were always claiming George Bush was an idiot when he occupied the White House....  Here's some food for thought currently circulating the Internet. 

If George Bush was an idiot...  What does this make 'our' nobel peace prize winner???

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an I Pod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia , would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans, would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in less than a year -- so you'll have three years more to come up with an answer.

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Thank you Su & Don!

More liberal lunacy from Johnson County Supervisor Rod "F_You" Sullivan

This guy really needs to have the spotlight kept on him, the guy is a liberal loon.  Here's the latest in liberal Democrat blue from his blog, Sullivan's Salvos:

I got a letter the other day that REALLY made me angry! William Fehrman, President of MidAmerican Energy sent me a letter explaining why he thinks the energy bill moving through Congress will cost me more money.

Well, we know Sullivan has anger issues.....  And yes Sullivan, the Cap & Trade bill is a very bad thing for consumers and will only serve to increase taxes and do nothing substantive at all to conserve energy.  It's another false promise by government. 

You know what costs me money, Mr. Fehrman? When you use your monopoly status and my hard-earned money to lobby against my best interests!

TRANSLATION:  Sullivan's best interests means he wants government to run every aspect of our lives. He's a cradle to grave government guy.  He hates capitalism. 

And note how Sullivan throws out the inflammatory language there, the intentional misuse of monopoly and lobby.  Sullivan knows full well that MidAmerican is what's referred to as a natural monopoly, as authorized by the state and as monitored by the state utilities board.  Utilities are often natural monopolies.  This isn't some common place gas station or convenience store competing against another, or a grocery chain competing against another.  It is very expensive to build power grids and it's not like there's a dozen competitors out there knocking on the door with billions in their pocket ready to make the capital investment needed to even enter this market.  The use of lobby isn't appropriate here either because because MidAmerican can use their earning as they please.  If they make a business decision to alert people on damaging legislation, they have every right to do so.  So unless Sullivan is a majority stock holder of the company, it is none of his business how MidAmerican spends THEIR earnings.  

But it infuriates me when the company’s management spends our money to make things worse for us!

More whining and anger expressed by Sullivan.....  Gee, I hope he doesn't feel the need to issue a physical threat to Mr. Fehrman!  Again, Sullivan seems to ignore the fact that MidAmerican Energy is perfectly within their rights to spend their earnings as they see fit.  As a consumer Sullivan received a bill for energy used, Sullivan paid his bill (hopefully), that's how it works, product/services rendered, money paid for that product/service.  Sullivan is out of the picture beyond that, he's a consumer not a member of the board and it's not his money after his bill is paid.  

NOTE:  Sullivan conveniently forgets to tell his readers that what MidAmerican does as a natural monopoly is monitored by the state utilities board.  So if they were out of line the board would do something. 

MidAmerican is holding a series of meetings (propaganda sessions) to discuss the issue. One meeting is currently scheduled for Wednesday, October 7 from noon-1:30 at Old Brick in Iowa City. Show up and let MidAmerican know how you feel!

Why is it 'propaganda' Sullivan?  Because you hate capitalism?  Because you want the government to be a nanny for all which means you support a government managed energy "co-op"?

This is yet another case of Sullivan disagreeing with someone expressing their concerns with over-reaching government.  MidAmerican Energy is a responsible utility and in contrast Sullivan is an irresponsible county supervisor.  Sullivan does not serve the residents of Johnson County properly, he needs to be voted out of office.

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Democrat committee says vacant supervisor seat to be filled by appointment

A committee of county officials - all Democrats - will appoint someone to fill the vacant seat on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors.

The committee, comprised of county auditor Tom "DUI" Slockett, county recorder Kim "On-steering-committee-of-the-Janelle-Rettig-campaign-for-supervisor" Painter and Tom "Conflict? What Conflict" Kriz have opted to appoint someone to the Supervisor seat vacated by Larry Meyers who died on September 22 after a battle with cancer.  The committee will make a final decision on the appointee on October 28.

By law, the county has until November 1, or 40 days since the death of Supervisor Meyers to fill the seat.

The committee has cited apprehension to spend $75,000 on a special election as the deciding factor in opting instead for an appointment.

Did you notice how quickly the committee met and decided on appointment though?  They first called a meeting for Thursday at 2 p.m before Mr. Meyers' memorial visitation was even to start that day at 3 p.m.  When they put their eagerness in check and realized how bad that would look, they put the meeting off until the next day, Friday at 2 p.m.  Then they meet again today, Monday to formally announce their decision to appoint.  One could question if they had already decided on the appointment but didn't make if official on Friday because of how bad that would look.  What do you bet there were some cell phone calls going on.....  In violation of open meetings laws.....?

Just what is the hurry? By law they had 14 days to make the decision on whether to appoint or have an election.  If the committee were truly interested in public input of appointment vs. election, they would have taken the full 14 days.  Did the committee even consider, "What do the people want?"  No, it appears they didn't.

The Democrat committee's appointment could be overturned if a petition asking for a special election is filed. People opposed to the appointment by an all Democrat committee - to include a driving force of the elect Janelle Rettig for county supervisor in recorder Kim Painter - will need a total of 7,299 signatures to call for an election.  The petition would need to be filed within 14 days after the appointment. 

The next steps in the process involve a requirement to ask for resumes even though Janelle Rettig has been decided on already.  The deadline to file for the vacant seat is 5 p.m. on October 16.

Meanwhile, somebody needs to put together a letter to send to the county attorney addressing concerns for a possible conflict of interest and a request to have Kim Painter removed from the committee.  She knows Rettig is submitting her resume to be considered for the seat so she should go ahead and excuse herself already.  Technically though, there's no conflict until Rettig turns in the paperwork, although there's that open meetings thing again......  Things that make you go hmmmmmm.....

Submit your displeasure to the Johnson County Supervisors:

tneuzil@co.johnson.ia.us - Terrance Neuzil

pharney@co.johnson.ia.us - Pat Harney

rsullivan@co.johnson.ia.us - Rod "F_Bomb" Sullivan

sstutsma@co.johnson.ia.us - Sally Stutsman