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Post by steff on Sept 25, 2019 21:01:37 GMT -5
A grand jury has indicted all of Warren County’s top government officials on charges of misfeasance as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of embezzlement and money laundering inside the local economic development authority, Virginia State Police announced Tuesday. Among the 14 people charged were County Executive Douglas Stanley and all five members of the county’s Board of Supervisors: Chairman Daniel Murray, R-North River; Tony Carter, R-Happy Creek; Tom Sayre, R-Shenandoah; Archie Fox, R-Fork; and Linda Glavis, R-South River. Former Warren schools Superintendent Luke Drescher and former County Attorney Daniel Whitten also were charged. An ENTIRE Republican county government officials. All of them. GOP'ers are openly ripping off the people of this country.
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 26, 2019 9:48:13 GMT -5
Well, I'm not sure how it is in Virginia, but here in rural northern Georgia, pretty much ALL the county government officials are GOP, so it's not that our Dem politicians are completely ethical, we just don't usually have any in office.
While a corrupt official from either party isn't that rare, having all 14 members of the county government linked in the same corruption scheme is malfeasance on a grand scale, though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2019 13:09:31 GMT -5
We have an all Republican government in our county also. The Democrat office in our county seat, closed a couple of years ago due to lack of interest. You want to contact local Democrats ? It's a phone number at someone's house. We pay about $1,000 a year property tax, for a property valued @ $250,000 Our county carries no debt. They can pocket a little, I'm good.
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 26, 2019 13:13:29 GMT -5
We have an all Republican government in our county also. The Democrat office in our county seat, closed a couple of years ago due to lack of interest. You want to contact local Democrats ? It's a phone number at someone's house. We pay about $1,000 a year property tax, for an average property valued @ $250,000 Our county carries no debt. They can pocket a little, I'm good. Really?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2019 13:18:49 GMT -5
We have an all Republican government in our county also. The Democrat office in our county seat, closed a couple of years ago due to lack of interest. You want to contact local Democrats ? It's a phone number at someone's house. We pay about $1,000 a year property tax, for an average property valued @ $250,000 Our county carries no debt. They can pocket a little, I'm good. Really? Yep, the County budget is so small they really couldn't hide that much. It's about $16.5 million this year if I'm remembering correctly. No debt frees up all of it, as it's not used to maintain debt interest payments.
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Post by steff on Sept 26, 2019 13:30:43 GMT -5
You really couldn't make this shit up 5 or 6 years ago. So now some Republican voters are OKAY with their local government embezzling tax dollars. Say that again outloud & let it sink it. Republicans are OKAY with a corrupt government lining their own pockets, for their own gain with tax dollars.
Ceding more moral high ground that they will NEVER get back. Believe it when people show you who they are. There's no mistaking what we are seeing. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican pocketing tax dollars. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican breaking the law. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican.
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 26, 2019 15:36:46 GMT -5
Really? Yep, the County budget is so small they really couldn't hide that much. It's about $16.5 million this year if I'm remembering correctly. No debt frees up all of it, as it's not used to maintain debt interest payments. enough said. I can see why you are totally fine with keeping the grifter in the WH
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 26, 2019 15:48:56 GMT -5
You really couldn't make this shit up 5 or 6 years ago. So now some Republican voters are OKAY with their local government embezzling tax dollars. Say that again outloud & let it sink it. Republicans are OKAY with a corrupt government lining their own pockets, for their own gain with tax dollars.
Ceding more moral high ground that they will NEVER get back. Believe it when people show you who they are. There's no mistaking what we are seeing. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican pocketing tax dollars. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican breaking the law. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican.
Funny how they're fine if a GOP politician pockets some on the side, but swoon with despair if an unmarried Mom gets section 8 housing and food stamps.
Stealing tax payer dollars to line your pockets = just good ole boy fun, poor unwed moms sucking off the public teat = the ruination of the country.
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Post by kadee79 on Sept 26, 2019 17:49:08 GMT -5
Mountain Home, Ark. is a lot different than other areas of the country. I have a friend who lives in the area.
Our local government down here in SW Ga. is the same...nearly all GOP, but more Democrats are getting voted in...slowly. Things will change, it just may take longer than many of us wish.
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Post by OldCoyote on Sept 26, 2019 23:20:02 GMT -5
You really couldn't make this shit up 5 or 6 years ago. So now some Republican voters are OKAY with their local government embezzling tax dollars. Say that again outloud & let it sink it. Republicans are OKAY with a corrupt government lining their own pockets, for their own gain with tax dollars.
Ceding more moral high ground that they will NEVER get back. Believe it when people show you who they are. There's no mistaking what we are seeing. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican pocketing tax dollars. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican breaking the law. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican.
Funny how they're fine if a GOP politician pockets some on the side, but swoon with despair if an unmarried Mom gets section 8 housing and food stamps.
Stealing tax payer dollars to line your pockets = just good ole boy fun, poor unwed moms sucking off the public teat = the ruination of the country.
Wooooo hooooo you figured it out,
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 7:14:56 GMT -5
You really couldn't make this shit up 5 or 6 years ago. So now some Republican voters are OKAY with their local government embezzling tax dollars. Say that again outloud & let it sink it. Republicans are OKAY with a corrupt government lining their own pockets, for their own gain with tax dollars.
Ceding more moral high ground that they will NEVER get back. Believe it when people show you who they are. There's no mistaking what we are seeing. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican pocketing tax dollars. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican breaking the law. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican.
Funny how they're fine if a GOP politician pockets some on the side, but swoon with despair if an unmarried Mom gets section 8 housing and food stamps.
Stealing tax payer dollars to line your pockets = just good ole boy fun, poor unwed moms sucking off the public teat = the ruination of the country.
I don't swoon with despair because an unmarried mom gets asistance. That's just a stereotype. I have to look at the overall. When I lived up north I paid 7 times the tax amount for a similar value property in a Democrat controlled county in Illinois. Down here, I pay 1/7th with a little graft, and that's it it only happens here, which is questionable. Which do you think is a better deal ? I find it very easy to accept what happens.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 7:17:50 GMT -5
Yep, the County budget is so small they really couldn't hide that much. It's about $16.5 million this year if I'm remembering correctly. No debt frees up all of it, as it's not used to maintain debt interest payments. enough said. I can see why you are totally fine with keeping the grifter in the WH Trump doesn't seem much different than any other politician. I don't aspire to the my guys are the good politicians approach. It's not realistic.
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 27, 2019 7:56:20 GMT -5
Funny how they're fine if a GOP politician pockets some on the side, but swoon with despair if an unmarried Mom gets section 8 housing and food stamps.
Stealing tax payer dollars to line your pockets = just good ole boy fun, poor unwed moms sucking off the public teat = the ruination of the country.
I don't swoon with despair because an unmarried mom gets asistance. That's just a stereotype. I have to look at the overall. When I lived up north I paid 7 times the tax amount for a similar value property in a Democrat controlled county in Illinois. Down here, I pay 1/7th with a little graft, and that's it it only happens here, which is questionable. Which do you think is a better deal ? I find it very easy to accept what happens. I think graft is graft, whether it's hundreds of thousands or a thousand bucks and a turkey, which is what one of our local sheriffs took, years ago, to look the other way when a drug lord paid him off to ignore the small plane traffic coming into a private airport.
Public officials getting paid off to not do their jobs has consequences deeper than making the official a little extra cash.
But then, I don't bend my sense of ethics depending on how it impacts my personal checkbook, which seems to be a comment trend in GOPers. "My Purse First" should replace the MAGA slogan, IMHO.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 10:55:15 GMT -5
I don't swoon with despair because an unmarried mom gets asistance. That's just a stereotype. I have to look at the overall. When I lived up north I paid 7 times the tax amount for a similar value property in a Democrat controlled county in Illinois. Down here, I pay 1/7th with a little graft, and that's it it only happens here, which is questionable. Which do you think is a better deal ? I find it very easy to accept what happens. I think graft is graft, whether it's hundreds of thousands or a thousand bucks and a turkey, which is what one of our local sheriffs took, years ago, to look the other way when a drug lord paid him off to ignore the small plane traffic coming into a private airport.
Public officials getting paid off to not do their jobs has consequences deeper than making the official a little extra cash.
But then, I don't bend my sense of ethics depending on how it impacts my personal checkbook, which seems to be a comment trend in GOPers. "My Purse First" should replace the MAGA slogan, IMHO.
Of course it's wrong. Saying I'm bending ethics because I have no recourse as a single person, is a logical fallacy. It's not a singular decision. As I said to nastywoman, I really don't believe there is much in the way of honest politicians. Whether it's bringing home the bacon to get reelected, or pocketing something, they all do it, one time or another. My only recourse, go by the overall tax. I can remember democrats doing the same. William Jefferson (sic) comes to mind off hand, from a few years back. $90,000 in his freezer if I'm remembering correctly. Its hard to find moral grounding, when it comes to politicians.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 11:13:01 GMT -5
Mountain Home, Ark. is a lot different than other areas of the country. I have a friend who lives in the area. Our local government down here in SW Ga. is the same...nearly all GOP, but more Democrats are getting voted in...slowly. Things will change, it just may take longer than many of us wish. Really ? Small world at times. I don't live in mountain home, it's just our county seat. Right now there is no move towards democrats anytime soon.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2019 13:45:29 GMT -5
You really couldn't make this shit up 5 or 6 years ago. So now some Republican voters are OKAY with their local government embezzling tax dollars. Say that again outloud & let it sink it. Republicans are OKAY with a corrupt government lining their own pockets, for their own gain with tax dollars.
Ceding more moral high ground that they will NEVER get back. Believe it when people show you who they are. There's no mistaking what we are seeing. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican pocketing tax dollars. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican breaking the law. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican.
You're using the OK thing. Isn't that like a white supremacist thing these days ? Anyway, as long as their general policy is in agreement with what I want, I'm good. What's a little graft among politicians, they're all the same in my book. Far better than Bernie promising trillions for his policies. That costs more.
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Post by NastyWoman on Sept 27, 2019 14:28:25 GMT -5
Funny how they're fine if a GOP politician pockets some on the side, but swoon with despair if an unmarried Mom gets section 8 housing and food stamps.
Stealing tax payer dollars to line your pockets = just good ole boy fun, poor unwed moms sucking off the public teat = the ruination of the country.
Wooooo hooooo you figured it out, GOP the party of Grab Our Profits.
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Post by swamp on Sept 27, 2019 15:17:13 GMT -5
You really couldn't make this shit up 5 or 6 years ago. So now some Republican voters are OKAY with their local government embezzling tax dollars. Say that again outloud & let it sink it. Republicans are OKAY with a corrupt government lining their own pockets, for their own gain with tax dollars.
Ceding more moral high ground that they will NEVER get back. Believe it when people show you who they are. There's no mistaking what we are seeing. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican pocketing tax dollars. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican breaking the law. Corruption is OKAY when it's a Republican.
You're using the OK thing. I sn't that like a white supremacist thing these days ?
Anyway, as long as their general policy is in agreement with what I want, I'm good. What's a little graft among politicians, they're all the same in my book. Far better than Bernie promising trillions for his policies. That costs more. Only the hand signal for OK. Please try to keep up.
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Post by OldCoyote on Sept 27, 2019 21:57:00 GMT -5
Wooooo hooooo you figured it out, GOP the party of Grab Our Profits. My favorite kind,, Grabbing money!! Why just last week, a homeless couple, standing with their sign,, will work for food.
Come on I will put you to work,,
Worked them all day, at the end of the day I bought them both McDonald's happy meals,,, they got pissed!! Have a sign, will work for food,, then want money,, the nerve.
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Post by weltschmerz on Sept 27, 2019 23:06:27 GMT -5
GOP the party of Grab Our Profits. My favorite kind,, Grabbing money!! Why just last week, a homeless couple, standing with their sign,, will work for food.
Come on I will put you to work,,
Worked them all day, at the end of the day I bought them both McDonald's happy meals,,, they got pissed!! Have a sign, will work for food,, then want money,, the nerve.
Either a dick move or you're lying.
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Post by OldCoyote on Sept 28, 2019 9:51:17 GMT -5
My favorite kind,, Grabbing money!! Why just last week, a homeless couple, standing with their sign,, will work for food.
Come on I will put you to work,,
Worked them all day, at the end of the day I bought them both McDonald's happy meals,,, they got pissed!! Have a sign, will work for food,, then want money,, the nerve.
Either a dick move or you're lying. Welts, you should know by now, you want to think that a conservative white man is the scum of the Earth, So I make up stories just for you to confirm your thought. Here is one of my favorite I use all the time, when I come across a man hater. I tell this story.
I asked my wife how much money she was going to spend on me at Christmas, I told her I was going to spend $5oo on her. When they ask ,oh, what did you get her? I didn't get her any thing , but I got a really nice present! See I just confirmed what she thought about men!! In reality, my wife and I have been married for fifty three years, Happy wife happy life, I take good care of her! Or we would not have been married that long ,,would we?
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 28, 2019 9:53:53 GMT -5
Either a dick move or you're lying. Welts, you should know by now, you want to think that a conservative white man is the scum of the Earth, So I make up stories just for you to confirm your thought. Here is one of my favorite I use all the time, when I come across a man hater. I tell this story.
I asked my wife how much money she was going to spend on me at Christmas, I told her I was going to spend $5oo on her. When they ask ,oh, what did you get her? I didn't get her any thing , but I got a really nice present! See I just confirmed what she thought about men!! In reality, my wife and I have been married for fifty three years, Happy wife happy life, I take good care of her! Or we would not have been married that long ,,would we? Weren't you just warned about trolling?
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Post by OldCoyote on Sept 28, 2019 10:24:47 GMT -5
Welts, you should know by now, you want to think that a conservative white man is the scum of the Earth, So I make up stories just for you to confirm your thought. Here is one of my favorite I use all the time, when I come across a man hater. I tell this story.
I asked my wife how much money she was going to spend on me at Christmas, I told her I was going to spend $5oo on her. When they ask ,oh, what did you get her? I didn't get her any thing , but I got a really nice present! See I just confirmed what she thought about men!! In reality, my wife and I have been married for fifty three years, Happy wife happy life, I take good care of her! Or we would not have been married that long ,,would we? Weren't you just warned about trolling? I tell YOU what YOU want to hear,, and you always take it bait, hook line and sinker!!
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Post by weltschmerz on Sept 28, 2019 12:54:12 GMT -5
Either a dick move or you're lying. Welts, you should know by now, you want to think that a conservative white man is the scum of the Earth, So I make up stories just for you to confirm your thought. Here is one of my favorite I use all the time, when I come across a man hater. I tell this story.
I asked my wife how much money she was going to spend on me at Christmas, I told her I was going to spend $5oo on her. When they ask ,oh, what did you get her? I didn't get her any thing , but I got a really nice present! See I just confirmed what she thought about men!! In reality, my wife and I have been married for fifty three years, Happy wife happy life, I take good care of her! Or we would not have been married that long ,,would we? So you lie. Got it.
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Post by sesfw on Sept 28, 2019 15:09:59 GMT -5
Its hard to find moral grounding, when it comes to politicians.Amen to that and you always take it bait, hook line and sinker!!
good going OC
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 28, 2019 15:40:40 GMT -5
Its hard to find moral grounding, when it comes to politicians.Amen to that and you always take it bait, hook line and sinker!!
good going OC So you approve of baiting and trolling. Got it.
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Post by steff on Sept 28, 2019 15:57:42 GMT -5
Those who can't discuss a subject just troll instead. Too stupid, uniformed & unwilling to educate themselves to do anything other than jack off all over the board while screaming nonsense.
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Post by busymom on Sept 28, 2019 19:10:28 GMT -5
Can you even IMAGINE the hand-wringing, and awful things that would be said, if a Democratic president was billing the Secret Service to stay at their own property? Or, if the taxpayers were paying for a Democratic president to be flown to one of his own properties every single weekend to play golf? Not to mention his or her adult children flying to other countries to conduct US business? They even complained when Mrs. Obama wore a sleeveless dress (oh, the horror) , yet they're just fine with getting ripped off by the current administration. Kinda goes along with that quote attributed to P.T. Barnum, "there's a sucker born every minute". Well, the POTUS has found his "suckers". My sympathy to the citizens of Warren County. I sincerely hope they really do "lock 'em up".
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Post by tallguy on Sept 28, 2019 23:56:53 GMT -5
Those who can't discuss a subject just troll instead. Too stupid, uniformed & unwilling to educate themselves to do anything other than jack off all over the board while screaming nonsense. What is unique here though is how proudly one is willing to acknowledge those limitations.
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Post by tallguy on Sept 28, 2019 23:59:41 GMT -5
Welts, you should know by now, you want to think that a conservative white man is the scum of the Earth, So I make up stories just for you to confirm your thought. Here is one of my favorite I use all the time, when I come across a man hater. I tell this story.
I asked my wife how much money she was going to spend on me at Christmas, I told her I was going to spend $5oo on her. When they ask ,oh, what did you get her? I didn't get her any thing , but I got a really nice present! See I just confirmed what she thought about men!! In reality, my wife and I have been married for fifty three years, Happy wife happy life, I take good care of her! Or we would not have been married that long ,,would we? Weren't you just warned about trolling? If he had another card in his hand, he might play it. Sometimes you just don't.
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