Convicted State Auditor Conduct MUCH WORSE Than What Was Revealed in Court
With his shameful motion to dismiss the conviction of the State Auditor, Woods opened a can of worms. Read the items that were excluded in his favor and see that one of the items was the convicted auditor’s access to emails outside of the “State’s enterprise.”
So who was the subject of this (no doubt illegal) covert surveillance? Who’s email account outside of the “State’s enterprise” was McGuiness keeping tabs on? Now I’m hoping this goes to appeal, because I think we’ve only seen the tip of the shit-berg known as Kathy McGuiness’ term as State Auditor.
BREAKING: The Delaware DOJ filed a response to State Auditor Kathy McGuiness’ motions to dismiss and for a new trial. In the response, State Prosecutor Mark Denney asserts her trial was fair, and reveals a list of evidence that was excluded in her favor. pic.twitter.com/gBbnlQerly
— Rachel Sawicki (they/them) (@RadioRachelDPM) July 25, 2022
Everybody should read that entire Twitter post.
Especially Speaker Pete. Betcha his name is on those spreadsheets…
Yeah. That whole list is damning. I picked up on that no doubt illegal covert surveillance because I’m hoping it is me. I’d like my kitchen redone.
The monitoring outside of the state email sounds like a gordon/freeberry relationship going on in the office.
Just makes me so excited to go to the polls stuck voting for the democrats. If the republicans were smart, they would run psychologically normal
moderate candidates and people like me might look at them rather than automatically pulling the D lever
What’s wrong with voting for Lydia York? I really AM looking forward to voting for her.
And BTW – where are the big libertarians in the GOP on an Auditor using her positions to run covert surveillance operations on the emails of regular citizens?
It seems to be exactly the kind of abuse Bonini and the GOP whack pack always seems to be worried about.
Interesting that KM chose to sit next to her Republican colleagues. Specifically next to Bonini. Guess it’s not surprising, knowing that Tori Ann worked on his 16′ Guv race.
She was there yesterday? Didn’t see her, but I wasn’t looking since it never dawned on me that she’d be there.
Yes, in a very strange move, almost as a bully tactic I think; she shows up and sits for the entire special session next to Colin.
This is a very strange woman. I never met her, know her only through her public actions, but it’s pretty clear she lives in a fantasy world of her own design.
A few years ago I would have called that “Trumpian,” but it’s become clear to me that a lot of people are doing the same thing, they’re just less malicious and obnoxious about it.
She is, indeed, an interesting woman.
I first met her late 2015 when I was Red Clay EA union president and I sat on an ad hoc group of other local and state union leaders to plan a campaign for what was an attempt to bring Right to Work to Delaware.
KM began showing up, oddly, to every meeting, to shake hands with the blue collar union workers. Spiros Mantzavinos was at every meeting as well, and at just about every meeting, she seemed to stick close to him, so that’s why I always connect the two of them. She would stay for only about 30 minutes to shake hands and then she’d leave when the meeting starts. I predicted this was her move to lock in support for something she planned on running for in 2016,
At one of these meetings, it occurred right after DL’s expose about her being registered in Utah as a Republican. I point blank asked her when she came around to shake my hand. When I asked the question, she just kept smiling. It was bizarre. Truly bizarre smile. She didn’t answer the question, instead saying that we should talk more in the future. I pressed the question again, saying something to the effect of “Not sure what you’re running for, but I could never support you if you can’t answer a simple question.” She moved on and, as we know, lost the election the following year for Lieutenant Governor.
Fast forward about 2.5 years. I’m DSEA President. She sends me a text asking to meet to discuss her run for auditor. I’m hesitant, because we have a process for our endorsements. I accept the meeting, knowing full well I’m not a fan of hers and that she has no qualifications to be auditor, but hell, she could win, so maybe it’s good to form a relationship. The whole meeting was bizarre. She just sits and smiles. I tell her the process DSEA uses for candidate endorsements and that she’d be hearing more from our lobbyist/legislative organizer at a later date. Smiles. Robotic smiles. I just didn’t get it. I don’t know what else we talked about, but it was an interesting meeting.
We all know how she ran the auditor’s office now. I truly believe she could be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder. Trumpian would be a perfect word to describe her.
Wow. Just wow.
This brings up a question that I think the REV can answer: Did Spiros testify at the trial? If so, what was the gist of his testimony?
At the end of the day, the voters put her in there and the voters will need to take her out. The real shame is not the penny ante nonsense in the office itself but that the important work of that office is not getting done. What’s been happening for the last 3 1/2 years when the fraud hotline phone rings?
Pretty much the same thing that happened when Tom Wagner was Auditor.
I think this whole debacle is a good argument for why the position of auditor should be an appointed position.
An equally good case could be made for the auditor being of a different political party than the governor.
If that suggestion makes sense, here’s a way to ensure the opposite-party outcome: the runner-up in the governor’s race gets to serve as auditor for the next four years.
But then you end up risking having, like, Julianne Murray become auditor by virtue of being too crazy and racist to win the gubernatorial election, so I’m gonna say nah.
Bonini would have been auditor, genius.
He is a fiscal watchdog though 😉
Great idea, other than the fact that actual skills are involved.
The goal isn’t opposition for its own sake, it’s competence.
An elected auditor runs the risk that a do nothing political hack will get into the office, an appointed auditor guarantees it.
Very high hopes for a relative outsider like Lydia York.
Spiros did not testify. His name came up a handful of times in passing. And, frankly, based on the trial testimony, he seemed to be the only OAOA Chief of Staff to have been able to more or less keep the Auditor… uh… let’s say on task.
No one says why the Speaker is so upset about her? He acts like it is a personal thing. What’s up with that? Some one help me please?
We don’t know the details. However, she had been his campaign treasurer. Pete, more than anybody, told anybody who would listen that he wanted her as a statewide candidate, and helped her every step of the way.
I have no doubt that it was Pete who leaned hard on the State Elections Commissioner to somehow enable KMG to run for Lt. Governor despite her having been a resident of, and registered to vote in, Park City, Utah.
I think she has more than enough on him to kill his political career with one judicious, or perhaps, injudicious tweet.
So, in response to your question, he’s trying to save his ass.
After reading Mike Matthews’s comment, maybe it’s because she keeps smiling during his, um, ministrations.
Thank you very much I get it. What a sorry state of affairs.
Interesting thread, but how do we find out who’s rights to privacy were clearly (and no doubt illegally) violated when she got access to the emails outside of her purview as manager?
We heard from a good friend of Lopez that he didn’t want to run because he was afraid of what would turn up in the investigation/trial.
But he wasn’t afraid to show a clear conflict of interest by voting on this SCR?
Kathy was looking over his shoulder when he cast his vote–presumably with a damning videotape in her hands.
I started listening to the proceedings during Townsend’s rebuttal of what Bonini had said so I heard the vote. Lopez voted a vehement, emotional no. It was strange to see the media photo later of McG sitting there behind him.
Kathleen Davies has an active civil suit against AoA coming up. Remember, she won the MERB case McG brought against her. There is a lot more that will become public about this AoA in the end.
https://exceptionaldelaware.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/guest-post-kathleen-davies-vindicated-but-delawareans-still-lose/
Rather the MERB case was broght by Davies vs the Office of the AoA
https://merb.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/131/2018/06/680-Bd.-Order-of-Production-6.25.18-website.pdf