Posted on 11/25/2020 4:58:08 PM PST by SeekAndFind
In a recent tweet Lin Wood zeroed in on an anomaly, or something much, much worse, relating to the Secretary of State’s Office and this almost $11 million. Wood’s bombshell tweet refers to an April 15, 2020 letter to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) from Secretary of State Raffensperger, who is also Georgia’s Chief Election Official.
Hey, @GabrielSterling, you don’t have State of GA email??? How does your company, Sterling Innovative, make money? Did you or your company receive any of this $10+M grant? Implementation Manager??? What do you do except go on TV to deny the clear voting fraud in GA?#FightBack pic.twitter.com/01oSKXOjmB
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) November 24, 2020
Georgia was poised to receive a $10,875,912 grant from the EAC for Covid-19-related election expenses. (The EAC, a federal entity which, by the way, certifies U.S. election machines, hardware and software, has some clear and shocking conflicts-of-interest of its own going on with its Advisory Board.) Raffensperger assured the EAC that the funds will be used to “prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle.” This is a hefty sum of money!
The contact person at the end of the letter is Gabriel Sterling, who was appointed the COO of the Secretary of State’s office by Brad Raffensperger, the brand new SoS, shortly after Raffensperger was elected to the position in November 2018. Raffensperger’s predecessor was Brian Kemp, who had just been elected Georgia’s governor. Sterling, as COO, would be in charge of budgetary, human resources and administrative operations for the Secretary of State’s office. Sterling, strangely, has also been referred to, in multiple, recent media accounts, as Georgia’s “Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager.”
On his Twitter account, Sterling confirms that he is the “Voting System Implementation Manager”.
In the April 15 letter, Sterling lists a private gmail account address as his email account. The letter states: “If you have any questions about this request please contact our Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager, Gabriel Sterling, at [email protected]” Why wouldn’t Raffensperger refer the EAC to his COO, the employee in charge of budgetary issues for the SoS’s office? Why, instead, send them to Sterling as Georgia’s “Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager”? Well, it turns out Sterling ALSO his own LLC called Sterling Innovative Solutions, with the “Registered Agent” listed is Robert Gabriel Sterling. https://www.bizapedia.com/ga/sterling-innovative-solutions-llc.html.
So, is Sterling still the COO of the GA Secretary of State’s office or has he left that position? Is he the Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager for the Secretary of State’s Office as a state employee or has he been hired in that position as a consultant or independent contractor? Or is he acting BOTH as the COO of the Secretary of State’s office AND as a private consultant as Georgia’s Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager, through his LLC, Sterling Innovative Solutions LLC? Is there unethical double-dipping going on here or is it simply that the man has changed titles and positions under Raffensperger? It also raises the question, if Sterling is no longer the COO of the Secretary of State’s office, who is?
Lin Wood is right on the money: the use of a gmail account indicates that Gabriel Sterling CANNOT be a state employee, at least for purposes of this April 15 letter sealing the deal on $10.8+ million in Covid-19 money for the Secretary of State’s office. Or can he? Furthermore, Georgia already has an “Elections Director,” Chris Harvey, it says so right on the Secretary of State’s letterhead. Why wasn’t Harvey listed as the contact person in the letter to the EAC? Why does Georgia ALSO need a “Statewide Voting System Implementation Manager”? Are taxpayers paying for two state agency people to do the job of one? The public needs immediate clarification upon these issues, given that Sterling continues to assure the public and the media – on behalf of the state of Georgia and its Chief Election Officer, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his messed up, questionable, and clearly fraudulent election AND recount – that, Everything’s fine, move along, nothing to see here people.
Where’s the audit of this pile of Covid-19 money, held in trust and spent BY Brad Raffensperger for the people of Georgia? Georgians need an immediate accounting of this almost $11 million in federal EAC funds. If the Secretary of State will not willingly provide this information, Georgian’s need to send immediate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to both SoS Raffensperger AND the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, requesting a copy of the U.S. EAC grant award, copies of all correspondence between the Georgia SoS’s office and the EAC, all quarterly grant reports, all budgetary documents and amendments, and all disbursement records, with copies of the checks and/or electronic bank records, regarding this grant.
I just read some of your past postings, recommend others to do the same.
You really ARE a crybaby.
You know,this has HUNTER BIDEN written all over it!! And the Big Guy (big turd) got his 10%, you can bank on it!
None of which are the promised kill shot, the Kraken, the biblical action...
Good stuff... Do not get me wrong there... But these are trivial compared to what was promised.
I hope he does. I also hope he can deliver...
Because he sure as hell can’t keep a promise to do it on time.
Nope. I've looked up both Lin and Sidney's records. If anyone can save Trump's, and by extension OUR, bacon... they can.
But...
The clock is ticking and they are making promises that they either can't keep or don't have. Does not inspire confidence. Also note, my tone was drastically different YESTRDAY when said promises were made. I was as much of a cheerleader as you are now.
Don't quote the Bible at me and it won't be an issue when I point out the hypocrisy when it invariably arises. I'm not a Christian... Although I grew up Lutheran. Never claimed to be either...
Almost 11 million dollars in Covid relief money was received from the federal government by SOS Brad Raffensperger. Brad Raffensperger hasn’t given an indication how this money was spent. Did he keep it for himself? Why is he so quiet about his matter? Georgia taxpayers have a right to know. Speak up Brad!
So you don’t see a Presidential pardon of your client, out of the blue, as something that might upset your schedule if you are a lawyer?
Yay... More insults...
And still no “kraken”.
Then just SAY so! They’ve got all this time for press conferences and other tweets... But WTH? Can’t deliver on what they JUST SAID YESTERDAY was coming TODAY!
I want to believe. We won’t survive a Biden Presidency. There WILL be war in our streets if Trump doesn’t pull this off.
I don’t think Lin Wood is going to back down. I like that.
Thanks. I skimmed it too quickly. I should have paid more attention.
Wow, what corruption.
Great post Krogers.
Raffensperger assured the EAC that the funds will be used to “prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle.”
Internationally? What interests does Georgia have outside the country they need Federal grant money for?
Yes!
Maybe he is dropping hints to citizens.
You may take it as an insult, and it fits your profile, that’s your problem, but others can see it for what it is, a description of your posts.
I sure do miss the polite days on FR.
Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. DeWalt. I hope you have a fine time with your family. Try to be kind to them, at least.
Raffensperger assured the EAC that the funds will be used to “prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle.”
Internationally? What interests does Georgia have outside the country they need Federal grant money for?
*****
And specifically “corona” interests. Odd.
“Why don’t you name the whiney little bitches you’re bitching about? I bet you can’t.”
I could keep a list, but why don’t you just try reading the forum? Or how about I just ping you to each one? I am sure you will tire of it rapidly. How many posts consist of, essentially, “they’re not doing it right”, “they’re not doing it fast enough”, “they’re wasting time with *this* crap, they should do *that* crap”, “oh, that type of stuff never works in court”, “the sky has ALREADY fallen and we’re DOOMED”, “we can survive four years of Biden”, etc.
Surrender NOW, foolish monkeys!
If you say that stuff you demoralize people. And, no, it isn’t being realistic. It’s quitting. Making excuses and enabling failure. You can mentally prepare yourself for serfdom if you like. I prefer to fight. When I am not on the battlefield, I support the troops that ARE. You all should, too. And if you can do it better, get out there and DO it.
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