Elisa Silverman found guilty of violating campaign finance rules with Ward 3 poll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Voters won’t move on - between Silverman’s ethics problems and her snarky, dismissive treatment of her constituents. Definitely NOT voting for Elissa Silverman.

Can you give an example of how she was snarky and dismissive of her constituents? Are you referring to your own personal experience, or something else?

If Silverman is defeated, it might be time to hold that big redistricting party that Silverman promised in Cleveland Park, and this time the residents would have something to celebrate !

[Anonymous]

It really is funny watching Goulet masquerade as (an extremely creative) lawyer on Twitter when he’s supposed to be campaigning for SBOE rep.

[Anonymous]

If Silverman wins, it will be real interesting if she boldly tries to continue pretending to be the progressive fighting the good fight and not an ordinary political hack like the rest of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Silverman wins, it will be real interesting if she boldly tries to continue pretending to be the progressive fighting the good fight and not an ordinary political hack like the rest of them.

What’s funny is that this is literally her defense that I see from posts here. “What’s the big deal? This is just normal DC politics.” I didn’t realize that she was running as a typical DC politician.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Silverman wins, it will be real interesting if she boldly tries to continue pretending to be the progressive fighting the good fight and not an ordinary political hack like the rest of them.

What’s funny is that this is literally her defense that I see from posts here. “What’s the big deal? This is just normal DC politics.” I didn’t realize that she was running as a typical DC politician.

Silverman's defense is that she didn't break the rules. She believes her poll was perfectly legal. Her appeal will be heard tomorrow and we will see what the outcome of that is. But, yes, politicians take polls. That should not surprise you. Politicians also talk to one another. That should not surprise you either. If a candidate decides to drop out of a race on their own accord, that is also normal.

It is also normal to take hundreds of thousands of dollars from outside interests, but it is McDuffie rather than Silverman who is engaging in that normalcy.

[Anonymous]

Was it illegal when the democrats consolidated around Biden when Clyburn spoke in 2020?

No?

[Anonymous]

Everyone can watch tomorrow as OCF reaffirms their ruling, keeping in mind that Silverman requested the expedited review. She would have been better served acknowledging the mistake and moving on.

[Anonymous]

It's funny that Silverman's reps tried to drag out the investigation past Election Day by requesting three extensions -- they clearly knew that she does not have clean hands -- but now are demanding an expedited review after she got busted for being shady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone can watch tomorrow as OCF reaffirms their ruling, keeping in mind that Silverman requested the expedited review. She would have been better served acknowledging the mistake and moving on.

The hearing today is only about the 90 day window originally given (which hasn't expired yet) and will have nothing to do with the merits of the case.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Voters won’t move on - between Silverman’s ethics problems and her snarky, dismissive treatment of her constituents. Definitely NOT voting for Elissa Silverman.

Can you give an example of how she was snarky and dismissive of her constituents? Are you referring to your own personal experience, or something else?

If Silverman is defeated, it might be time to hold that big redistricting party that Silverman promised in Cleveland Park, and this time the residents would have something to celebrate !

They will celebrate her loss at Nanny O’Brien’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So her argument is that she didn't share the full results but did share who was polling first and who was polling second? So she ... shared the results?

In a race she was not involved with?

And used taxpayer money to finance it?

This is her defense, for real? She's either profoundly stupid or needs new lawyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So her argument is that she didn't share the full results but did share who was polling first and who was polling second? So she ... shared the results?

In a race she was not involved with?

And used taxpayer money to finance it?

This is her defense, for real? She's either profoundly stupid or needs new lawyers.

This is exactly correct. Her defense is that she shared the results verbally but not in paper form, which somehow makes a difference. I don’t know how.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone can watch tomorrow as OCF reaffirms their ruling, keeping in mind that Silverman requested the expedited review. She would have been better served acknowledging the mistake and moving on.

The hearing today is only about the 90 day window originally given (which hasn't expired yet) and will have nothing to do with the merits of the case.

I am no expert, but directly accusing your regulator of lying while you have been subject to sanction for unethical conduct does not seem like a winning strategy.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

So her argument is that she didn't share the full results but did share who was polling first and who was polling second? So she ... shared the results?

In a race she was not involved with?

And used taxpayer money to finance it?

This is her defense, for real? She's either profoundly stupid or needs new lawyers.

This is exactly correct. Her defense is that she shared the results verbally but not in paper form, which somehow makes a difference. I don’t know how.

Her defense is that sharing the top line findings of the poll is perfectly legal. Goulet has made a similar argument about the DFER poll which was shared with him. Moreover, OCF did not rule on the issue of sharing the poll so it's not clear that Silverman even needs a defense for it.