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Right On wrote:

Did the District Attorney really break the seals on ballot boxes, trying to get Thacker's win thrown out?

Good question, ranks right up there with "Who ran the bulldozer into the High School?"

We dont hear much of this anymore since the Grand Jury movement died out and those people went into hiding.

Right On wrote:

But from what I understand, Thacker is an outsider. Not part of the political machine.
Did the District Attorney really break the seals on ballot boxes, trying to get Thacker's win thrown out? We dont hear much of this anymore since the Grand Jury movement died out and those people went into hiding.

redneck ron wrote:

<quoted text>oh contrare, they are not in hiding, they are in the sheriffs office, the state senate (burrage) and in private pracice (straton taylor). they will be up to something evil in the next election and every election untill they get indicted and sent to prison for all of their wrongdoing. who is to stop the corruption? who is going to speak for the people ? who is going to take a stand for justice and fight these crooks? the republicans better do the job that we sent them there to do or it is all over for our county, state and country!

good buddy wrote:

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Did you enjoy Stratton Taylor using your tax dollars to smear his name on RSU? How about putting his crony in charge up there? You do know Doctor Rice came to Cole's primary election win party and offered Cole a security job at Stratton Taylor University. How is that for a doctor in charge of an institution of higher learning, running Stratton Taylor's errands. Errand boy.
Yes Cole's primany landslide scared the pants off them and that is why they rigged the vote count in the runoff. The old fox in charge of the henhouse. I for one would really like to see an honest count of the ballots.

good luck wrote:

Good luck getting anyone to start the ball rolling. Everyone wants to talk about it but nothing ever happens. Seems that the best bet is one of our commissioners, Kirk Thacker, who appears to want to uncover some terrible things that have occurred in this county. Good luck Kirk....I hope you are successful.

Out of the closet wrote:

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I heard that a certain county commissioner, at the recent Republican meeting, made the open statement that he was certain that Cole Butler won that last election. Hmmmmmm.....you might just be right about getting an honest ballot count! But again, the Republican party was going to ask for a recount and they did nothing. They also did absolutely nothing for any other Republican candidate! Cole would be better off running as Democrat in the next sheriff's race. At least the Democrats are vocal about who they support!! But for a commissioner to make the statement that the election was not a good vote count....that is coming out of the closet!

horky dorky wrote:

I wonder what made him think that. You know all Cole Butler signs from Foyil north and east were stolen within hours. Cole's man at Chelsea said he would put the signs out one day and they would all be gone the next morning. You also know that the Chelsea people took hours to get to the election board after everybody got tired of waiting and just took Chelsea's word that Walton won with no proof. How about that.
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Corruption wrote:

I don't see it either. Washington has corruption for sure, but I'd say we have more incompetence than corruption in our county government.$12.5 million for a meeting notice? pretty steep price for 10 year old error.

Help me understand wrote:

I don't follow what is meant by "the corrupt political machine." What do they do that is corrupt? Anybody who is elected to anything has allegiances that control them. But what does Rogers County's corrupt machine do and how do they benefit from it?.........

Help me understand wrote:

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How can you rig an election in today's world? Am I just naive? That sounds like stuff from a bad movie. This is a sleepy little town, right? Please tell stories, these generalities don't make much sense.

been there wrote:

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Why do they screw over some people and let others get away with anything? This same old bunch has been in power for how many decades?