Colin “No-Show” Bonini must be getting desperate. Apparently he has sent a letter to state employees making some false claims about Chip Flowers (which is nothing new for Bonono). One of these claims is that Flowers will, if elected, not pay vendors or state employees based on his personal opinion. This has some state employees thinking that Flowers will play politics with their paychecks.
The fact is that Bonini is the one grandstanding on issuing checks.
Colin Bonini on Accountability:
Accountability follows transparency. As far as I’m concerned, every dollar that our state government spends should be tracked and every Delawarean should be able to clearly see where that money is going, why it’s going there and what happens to it when it gets there. You can’t just put the checks online. You need to go a step further. Show the people the contracts, show people the results of the spending. I am going to make sure that every Delawarean knows where every single penny of their money is going. Once they realize that, they’ll start to pressure my colleagues and the Governor to stop wasting the money. In addition, I sign every check and every bond. If I see a check or a bond that I think is suspicious or is a waste of money, I’m going to hold a press conference that day and let every Delawarean know about it. The nonsense that they’re doing at midnight, buying golf courses and marinas, they’re not going to do that when they know that at 8am the next morning, I’m going to hold a press conference and tell all of Delaware about it. We can do better. We must do better. And I need your help to show Delaware there’s a better way.
It seems that Colin, while forgetting to attend meetings of the Sunset Committee, has also forgotten about something that is on his own campaign site. We all know that No-Show wants to cut the size of state government, so what’s to stop him if he thinks a state employee doesn’t deserve his or her check some day?
Here’s the letter that No-Show sent:Bonini Letter
Bonini also is claiming that Chip is “supported by politicians who supported the pay cut to state employees,” while he opposed the pay cut to state employees. I don’t understand the big deal here. Chip is supported by Democratic office holders. And Bonini is supported by GOP officeholders. So is No-Show saying that Chip should disavow Democratic support? Puleeze!
Technically, I guess, No-Show voted against the state employees’ pay cut when he voted against the budget in June 2009, as did his fellow GOP senators. But then he voted against the budget this past June, meaning he opposed restoring the pay that was cut to state employees. Hey Colin, you can’t have it both ways. Talk about a flip-flop. But the most important question is – how did Bonini get a hold of the private, confidential mailing addresses of state employees? This seems to me that he illegally accessed a state government database for political purposes.
Pulling last minute dirty tricks is nothing new for Bonini. In 2002, he was suspected of being involved in fake robocalls that were supposedly coming from one of his Democratic opponents. The fake calls came during the Democratic primary and damaged the leading Democrat’s credibility, as they were being made late at night and 2-3 times a night to the same voters. And Chip has been victimized this year by fake robocalls that occurred during the primary. Same scenario. Just seems too coincidental.
Colin, you have no ethics. You’ve taken taxpayer money while shirking your responsibilities as a state senator. You’ve lied about your opponent’s platform. You cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Hell, you couldn’t even find your way out of downtown Rehoboth Beach after the Sea Witch parade!
My hope is that this all comes back to bite you in the ass on Tuesday. I’ll be doing my part to make sure it does.