You just knew he could not be a gracious loser, right? Years of authoritarian entitlement and corruption do not prepare one to accept the will of the people, so what do you do? You file suit to have the winner disqualified. From the News Journal:
Gordon’s personal attorney Sidney S. Liebesman on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Delaware Department of Elections saying tax documents filed by Meyer prove he has not lived in the county the required five consecutive years to be executive. […] Officials said the complaint could lead to the county’s Democratic Party internally nominating a candidate. That candidate could be Gordon, and the issue may lead to a protracted legal fight over the state’s residency rules.
Meyer has denied his residency is an issue and said the complaint is a “farcical” allegation spun by “people who want a government that is not led by public service, that is led by something else.” “The voters have spoken and they have chosen a county government that is based on public service, not self-service,” Meyer said. “There is absolutely no legal question about whether I have been a resident for the past five years.”
Gordon declined to comment for this story. The complaint was filed on his behalf as a former candidate and registered voter, not in his official capacity as executive.
Under state rules, Meyer has to have been a resident of Delaware since November 2011 to qualify for executive. The complaint states that Meyer in 2011 filed a non-resident income tax return in which “he swore under penalty of perjury that he was a non-resident of Delaware for the full year of 2011.”
Gordon’s attorney said that they did not actually have the tax documents, but that they obtained this alleged information from “reliable and credible sources” that he declined to name. Meyer denied the allegations and said he will submit his response to the Department of Elections with the appropriate documentation that will disprove Gordon’s pathetic last ditch attempt to hold onto power.