Commers resigns Commerce Department post (MN - Telecom Scam stuff)

[zekeson]

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3987426.html

Commers resigns Commerce Department post
Dane Smith, Star Tribune

Published July 15, 2003 COMM15

Tim Commers, one of a group of high-level Republicans in the Pawlenty administration who have come under fire for links to penalized telecommunications businesses, resigned Monday night as a senior executive officer of the Commerce Department.
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Earlier this year, Attorney General Mike Hatch accused the Commerce Department of giving a break in a settlement to a Florida insurance company that also gave money to the Pawlenty campaign. As campaign manager, Commers handled that contribution. Pawlenty administration officials insisted that the donation had nothing to do with the penalty and that the department's treatment of the company was less favorable than Hatch himself had proposed.

But it was Commers' ties to telecommunications companies started or owned by Baer that pushed him to resign.

Commers goes on to whine about how he is being tired of being a lightening rod for foes of Pawlenty and that he was gonna leave any way so why not leave today. He added, So there, for emphasis. Ok, maybe not, but he is a petchulant little puke.

The wheels seem to be coming off the corrupt and morally bankrupt repugglies, nationwide and here in Minnesota.

[Aristus]

1. There's no Commers in the Commerce Dept., because there's no

Commerce in the Commerce Dept. Thanks for the lousy economy, guys!

[northernsoul]

2. Pawlenty is either a flat-out crook or too incompetent to be dogcatcher

I've been in the business world for a while now and one thing I can tell you is that if your company is looking at a quarter million dollars in fines from several different states THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS KNOWS ABOUT IT!

Now little governor Timmy is claiming he had no idea whatsoever anything wrong was afoot. Yep, mmm hhmmm. That's why you had to Minnesota's favorite GOP callgirl Pat Awada run your internal audit for you, right?

I'm looking forward to seeing the bloody lot of 'em double-bunked in the Stillwater State Pen.

Timmy, meet your new cellmate MadDog McGraw - you don't want to know what happened to his last cellmate....

[zekeson]

3. Timmy is such a pretty boy

I think he will do quite well for hisself in prision!

No idea anything was wrong... It was a friggin' start up company. Not only are these "personal responsibility" repugs deficit in that area, they appear to be incredibly lousy businessmen.

[wellst0nev0ter]

4. I Can't Believe It - This Story Has Legs!

I thought it was going to be one of those "it's a business scandal, not a political one" non-stories, but now this developmentgo me intrigued

[study_war_no_more]

5. power blackout in grid surrounding state capital

Excel suspects multiple paper shredders to be the cause.
Pawlenty of malarky reported in Woodbury/Egan areas.

[study_war_no_more]

6. striiiiiiiike two

and the state unions are pissed off about taking the blame for the tax cuts to the rich.
Can't we all just try to share the pain??

[northernsoul]

7. Psst, I've got friends in the AG's office

who are probably working on the investigation as we speak. I'll try to get juicy details if at all possible.

[zekeson]

8. I can't wait....

I've got at least two friends who no longer have jobs due to Timmies policies and I imagine I am not far behind. I really want that bastard to go back to selling phone service - from prison.