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Remember the complaint filed against Clif Clendenen for having an apple orchard too close the the railroad tracks? Well, the Fair Political Practices Commission has rejected the complaint declaring that there is no conflict of interest. It will be in tomorrow’s paper.
More on this and the redistricting meeting held in Redway tonight to come, either later tonight or tomorrow.
Addendum: Times Standard.
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June 23, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Heraldo
You mean it was bogus? Color me surprised.
June 24, 2011 at 1:13 am
tra
From the description in the previous thread, it sounded like quite a reach, without even any clear indication of what the alleged conflict of interest was supposed to be, so I’m not at all surprised that the FPPC decided that there was nothing there.
Unfortunately, the people who filed the complaint probably knew full well that this would be the outcome, and were just counting on the fact that some folks would see the accusation and get a vaguely negative feeling about Clif from it, but miss the exoneration, or discount it as the FPPC being wimpy. It’s a sleazy tactic, but sadly not at all an unusual one in the world of politics.
It will be in tomorrow’s paper.
It will be interesting to see if the exoneration gets at least approximately equal placement and column-inches as the accusation did, or whether this will be like one of those erroneous front-page stories with the screaming headline that is then followed some time later by a page 12, one-sentence correction, buried at the end of some obscure unrelated article. I hope not, as that sort of treatment encourages people to take these sorts of sleazy swipes at their opponents in the hopes that the accusation is the only thing many readers end up seeing and/or remembering.
June 24, 2011 at 6:55 am
Jim Ferguson
For the FPPC to reject something this quick shows there wasn’t even the smallest iota of conflict that the complaint claimed.
I agree with TRA, it was just an attempt to put a shadow of corruption over Clif in the public mind, and if that’s what it was, the attempt failed, big time.
June 24, 2011 at 1:02 pm
tra
…if that’s what it was, the attempt failed, big time.
Well I hope so. But sometimes close elections are decided by jut a few votes, so I suppose there’s a risk that tactics like this might still be seen as successful by those who engage in them.
Which is not to say I’m an uncritical supporter of Clif. Far from it. I might well support someone else, depending on who his opponents are. But I would like to see a “fair fight,” not this kind of weak-ass crapola.
June 26, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Anonymous
Exonerated? Really? wow, I figured he was more unconflicted or uninterested. but exonerated, that makes it sound like he was headed off to Prison for railroading the railroad to other side of the tracks.
June 27, 2011 at 1:33 am
Anonymous
Exonerated? Really? wow, I figured he was more unconflicted or uninterested. but exonerated, that makes it sound like he was headed off to Prison for railroading the railroad to other side of the tracks.
To me “exonerated” sounds like sarcasm.