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     Are we really supposed to take the following letter-to-the-editor that appeared in Iowa City Press-Citizen today seriously?

Lawsuit still on in North Liberty

Here’s a reminder to the public of the timeline for Matt Bahl contesting the 2005 North Liberty election for mayor:

• Nov. 8, 2005: Dave Franker was elected (on a write in vote).

• Nov. 15, 2005: Tom Salm-requested recount affirmed the election outcome.

• Nov. 17, 2005: Matt Bahl filed lawsuit against Johnson County auditor.

• Jan. 6: Johnson County Contest Court affirmed the election outcome.

• Late Jan.: Bahl filed a lawsuit against Franker

• Late March: Franker’s motion to dismiss the whole thing was delayed when Bahl asked for further filings.

• May 5: Court date delayed when Johnson County had a shortage of judges.

• June: Bahl asked for another delay.

This is just a reminder to the public that this contest is still an unfortunate ongoing event.

Franker is doing a great job for North Liberty. Because of all the delays and filings, lawyer costs are elevating. The city does not pay for Franker’s lawyer fees. There is a fund you can send donations to: [address removed].

Cindy Kasper
North Liberty

     Is it really possible to take any Democratic whining and complaining about contested elections seriously? After the fiasco they lead the nation through in 2000 with the Florida presidential recount, do they have any credibility when it comes to sniveling about dragging out elections? They delayed the final determination of that national election until December of 2000 (when they’re typically known for certain late Election night) and caused it to, in reality, be decided by the Supreme Court (a responsibility it is wholly not equipped for) and now this woman wants to cry about the North Liberty mayoral election and beg for legal fund donations in the opinion section of the newspaper? Is all this for real? Ms. Kasper mentions the fact that Dave Franker won as a write-in candidate, but what about all the illegal campaigning he and his supporters did in the last weeks of the election cycle? Is this lady lamenting the fact that this issue is still alive almost two years later? What would she have to say to Robert Kennedy, Jr about his articles that are still appearing in Rolling Stone, nearly six years after the presidential election of 2006. How much disingenuity are we going to allow the Democrats when it comes to this stuff?