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Republican Election Commission Chair continues defiance of state law

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Rutherford County Election Commission Chair Tom Walker continues  his open and blatant defiance of state law and demonstrates why he must resign his position immediately and restore voter confidence in our county’s election process.

Here is today’s Daily News Journal on this developing story. Pay close attention to Walker’s careless statements that he answers to no one, including the laws of the state of Tennessee.

Rutherford County Election Commission Chairman Tom Walker denied media access to applications for administrator of elections Tuesday despite the documents being public records, according to state law.
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Attempts to reach Walker by phone for an interview Tuesday were unsuccessful. The staff of current Administrator of Elections Hooper Penuel notified Walker that The Daily News Journal made an open records request to review the information.

“What I was told by my staff assistant was that (Walker) said he was not going to place any applicant’s name under the bus,” said Penuel, noting more than one person in the office heard the comment.

Posted in 2010, Elections, Ethics, Rutherford County Republican Party, Watchdog Alert | No Comments »

Our Chairman Calls for Immediate Resignation of Election Commissioners Tom Walker and Doris Jones.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 23, 2009

Contact: Jonathan Fagan
Rutherford County Democratic Party Chairman
(615) 604-4211
han.d.man.2@gmail.com

(Murfressboro, TN) - The Chair of the Rutherford County Democratic Party (RCDP) today called on newly appointed Rutherford County Election Commission (RCEC) Chairman Tom Walker and Election Commissioner Doris Jones to resign their posts.

The call comes a day after both the Republican Chairman and Election Commissioner were quoted in the Murfreesboro Post as saying they don’t care what the state law says when it comes to serving the people of Rutherford County.

“Americans value free and fair elections. Rutherford County citizens deserve adults on the Election Commission who know and obey the rule of law. Otherwise, our trust in the democratic process is undermined. We don’t need people in control of our election process who blatantly express their disregard for state law,” said RCDP Chair Jonathon Fagan.

Both the newly appointed RCEC Chairman Walker and Election Commissioner Jones expressed their blatant disregard for state law when reporters from the Daily News Journal and the Murfreesboro Post attempted to cover a legal proceeding of the Election Commission. The reporters attempted to hand a copy of the law to the Chairman and Commissioner when both angrily dismissed the law calling it “crazy.” The election commission threatened police action to physically remove them from last night’s meeting.

“The people of Rutherford County and the state of Tennessee deserve Election Commissioners who they can trust to respect and uphold the law,” Fagan said. “Recent events serve to remind us of what happens when that faith is lost.”

Fagan said the attempt by RCEC Chairman Walker and Election Commissioner Jones to act illegally and then openly express their disdain for the laws of the state should be grounds for their immediate termination.

“The people of Tennessee deserve to know our elections are being handled professionally and not by partisan hacks who willfully thumb their nose at the law.”

Read the DNJ’s front page story here

Read the Murfreesboro Post’s story here

Posted in 2010, Elections, From the Chair, Watchdog Alert | 6 Comments »

Second right-wing domestic terrorist attack in the United States in two weeks

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Today was a very sad day for America with news of another fatal act of domestic terrorism within two weeks. This time the targets were visitors to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. According to several news reports, the terror suspect was driven by a noted anti-Semitic, right-wing ideology.

Last week, another right-wing domestic terrorist driven by a fanatic ideology entered the church of abortion Dr. George Tiller and shot him dead. Shortly after Dr. Tiller’s murder, a local conservative leader explained how murder of abortion doctors is justified in the mind of anti-abortionists.

Shortly after today’s domestic terrorist incident FOX News anchor Shepard Smith took a moment to ponder the level of hate expressed by FOX News’s more extremist viewers. Watch this video for a glimpse into their current state of mind.

In April, Department of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano was attacked on right-wing radio by conservatives for issuing the following warning on the potential for violence from right-wing hate groups. It is now clear DHS was right to warn law enforcement.

Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.

From time to time, extremists on both ends of the political spectrum can come to define a movement’s beliefs and hopes for our country’s future. It is our great hope that hatred and the resulting domestic terrorism from right-wing extremists is an aberration and a distortion of the values and beliefs of American conservatives. Our country has plenty of shared enemies and even more shared beliefs and values, and none are greater than our shared love for our country.

Please pray for the family of the victim of today’s senseless act of domestic terrorism, and pray for our country.

Posted in Abortion, Crime, Public Safety, Terrorism, Watchdog Alert | 1 Comment »

Tennessee conservative explains justification for doctor’s assassination

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Family Action Council of Tennessee President David Fowler penned an article yesterday condemning the assassination of Dr. George Tiller but then explained how murdering doctors is justified in the minds of the politically deranged.

Over time, those who grew up with abortion legal and common no longer had a moral sense that it was wrong. And if not wrong, then why would any particular type of abortion, like partial-birth abortion, be wrong? On the other hand, when the law allows something as horrific as partial-birth abortion, some perhaps begin to lose their respect for the law and, taking that disrespect to its final conclusion, it becomes justification for breaking the law, taking the law into one’s own hands–vigilante justice against persons like Dr. Tiller.

Posted in Abortion, Special Interests, Watchdog Alert | 1 Comment »

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