Remember when, after Senator Margaret Rose Henry voted to sustain Governor Minner’s veto of the eminent domain reform legislation, community activist Josie Roy pledged to challenge Henry in the primary? The deadline for filing came and went, without Roy filing to oppose Henry, and I just assumed Roy lost her motivation to run for whatever reason (not enough time or money, etc).
I should have assumed that more nefarious dealings were afoot:
[Senator Henry] offered Roy a paid position as one of her legislative pages, a position that pays $90 a day.
Both women concede the arrangement has caused questions in the community about whether Henry — who is now unopposed in her bid to retain her 2nd District Senate seat — got Roy to stay out of the race by offering her the job, which could pay more than $3,500 over the course of the legislative session. They insist that isn’t the case.
There was such an uproar over this …oh lets call it for what it is… bribery, that Roy has now said whe will not be paid for her work, for she will be a volunteer. Uh huh.
Roy should be ashamed of herself. All of her good work as a community activist is now destroyed. She can never be trusted again.
And this presents a larger problem. If we make enough noise, will they just start paying people off? Looks like they will. I have to tell you that my price is significantly higher than $3,500. Add about 10 zeros to that and we will talk.