Kenny's piggy bank

[MeDeMax]

Who is going to fill Kenny Blackwell's piggy bank if Wally O'Dell is gone ?

Diebold's marketing firm gave Kenny's PAC a big fat check not too long ago,
to help in his run for governor.


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Law firm says filed suit against Diebold
Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:35 PM ET

NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A law firm said it filed suit on Tuesday against Diebold Inc. <DBD.N> alleging the voting-machine maker lacked sufficient internal controls, was unable to be confident in the quality of its voting machines and made misleading statements about its condition.

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<http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20051214:MTFH44437_2005-12-14_01-35-57_N13181340:1>

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Securities charges against Diebold

<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-13-2005/0004233556&EDATE=>

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O'Dell resigns from voting machine maker Diebold

<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-12-14-diebold-odell_x.htm>


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[Kolesar]

1. Diebold ordered their mgmt to quit making political contributions

...a few months ago. Did not look ethical.

[MeDeMax]

2. fact vs charade for media

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Diebold execs gave to GOP despite ban

Thursday, December 08, 2005
Julie Carr Smyth
Plain Dealer Bureau

Columbus ...

Money from three Diebold executives began trickling into two Republican campaigns last August,
just two months after the voting-machine maker banned political giving by a handful of its top brass

<http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/113403461250230.xml&coll=2>

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[Kolesar]

3. Sometimes the PD redeems itself

and sometimes they are shameless gop shills.