Comments on: What Does Greg Fischer Have To Hide?

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:52:24 +0000

I’m glad the travel expenses were low.
The $258.02 spent indicates that the Fischer caravan went to the West end maybe once, from the Olmstead and Temple parking lots.

By: Christy

Christy — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:35:53 +0000

TallGuy, I think the same would happen at any rally. Think about it.

By: TallGuy

TallGuy — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:32:34 +0000

Evidently the Fisher campaign has something to hide. They prohibited me from attending their rally 2 nights ago at the Olmstead. Why? Because some parking lot gestapo agent saw the two Heiner stickers on my car. Talk about having to “show your papers”. When I protested a little, they then demanded I hand over $ 50 for an entry fee. I wonder how many attendees paid $ 50 that night? Their rally invitation did not mention an admission fee or I would not have shown up at all. All of this occurred on the front porch. When I complained to the Fisher campaign by email, Greg’s sister replied that I was denied entry because I “might be scoping out the Fisher campaign”. So much for freedom of attendance; It’s not like I’m a jerk who was going to cause trouble.

By: jake

jake — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:12:55 +0000

Christy: THANK YOU!

Your comment should serve as an example for all readers who disagree with me/this site/other commenters.

There’s no reason you can’t disagree and still get along. And there’s no reason you can’t explain what you think, folks, just like Christy did. THAT is political discourse.

By: Christy

Christy — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:07:22 +0000

Ok, ok, a lot of people care! Sorry! Sheesh! And I GET the whole point is about the hypocrisy of saying you’ll be transparent and then not. Full disclosure, I AM a Fischer supporter. I AM embarrassed about all this. I AM embarrassed about the campaign’s reaction. I AM embarrassed about their response, their emails to Jake/The VilleVoice and the hypocrisy of their so-called dismissal of the VV as inconsequential and then their self-contradicting defensive attitude. My “who cares” line is a reflection of how jaded I am. They are POLITICIANS. All of them. Period. You pick the best one you can or you sit on the sidelines.

By: Steve Magruder

Steve Magruder — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:13:37 +0000

tbrauch, I totally agree. After all, journalists and quasi-journalists can’t and don’t catch everything. In these times, everyone has (or should have) an opportunity to spot issues using public information provided in a transparent manner.

By: tbrauch

tbrauch — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:00:52 +0000

Uhh… so Brad, your response to me was irrelevant. Are you saying that only journalists care about finance reports? Are you a journalist? If not, you must care about them enough to comment on this story.

I’m a voter. I care about finance reports. I want to see who the candidates owe favors when they get in office. Being at school over 5 hours away means that I cannot see Fischer’s finance reports, even though I do get to vote.

So is Fischer trying to be transparent to ALL people, or only journalists?

By: jake

jake — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:15:36 +0000

Mr. Concern Troll (or is it Miss?): Because I’m – wait for it – not a journalist and have publicly eschewed that term for years.

Every other candidate in every other race has been forthcoming to the public – not me – with their campaign finance reports. But Greg Fischer filed in such a manner that hid his expenditure data from easy public view and his own campaign staff obfuscated when confronted. You can’t tell me that’s transparency.

This isn’t about me getting my hands on information – which I can clearly get. Not from the County Clerk, but from the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance and in a much quicker turn around time than the Clerk could provide via facsimile.

Are you Fischer staffers now admitting that you didn’t electronically file expenditure data because you were afraid of what I would say? Maybe Will Carle is bitter that people know what he’s paid? Or maybe Rande?

I hit Greg Fischer with facts – often provided by his own campaign – and I love that it’s getting so deeply under your skin.

What I love the most is that Will and Lisa go out of their way to act like I’m supporting Jim King, who I obviously am not. You folks saw the Tyler Allen advertisement – the only one I accepted this cycle from a mayoral candidate. And you’ve seen me publicly say I support Lisa Moxley because she’s the only candidate who isn’t a full-on embarrassment.

By: Steve Magruder

Steve Magruder — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:38:36 +0000

steve, I wasn’t aware I was running for mayor.

I stand by what I said. It can’t get any clearer.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:07:09 +0000

The Highlander, really??? What is troubling is your assumptions! What has he done wrong or illegal?