Posted on 11/01/2005 7:56:32 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
AP) Annapolis, MD The governor's counsel forwarded Tuesday documents to the heads of a special committee looking into the hiring and firing practices of the Ehrlich administration, including an e-mail that talked about a newspaper article hours before it was published.
Jervis Finney, Gov. Robert Ehrlich's staff lawyer, sent to Sen. Thomas "Mac" Middleton and Delegate Adrienne Jones, chairs of the committee, copies of an e-mail purportedly sent by Ryan O'Doherty, who had been a spokesman for the Maryland Democratic Party. The committee will meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.[snip....]
".....Ehrlich aides have claimed that Steffen was drawn into posting negative comments by an unidentified person known on the Internet as MD4Bush.
In the past, Finney has said Democrats know the identity of MD4Bush but are withholding the information.
The Feb. 8 e-mail, first reported by WBAL-AM in Baltimore, is purportedly from rodohertymddems.org. It reads, "There will be a big story in the Post either tomorrow or Thursday that credits Gov. Ehrlich's staff for creating and spreading the nasty and (here, the copy of the e-mail distributed by Finney's office contained an illegible word) rumor about our Mayor and his family..."[snip....]
"..Josh White, political director for the Maryland Democratic Party, said Tuesday night that O'Doherty for the Democratic Party for about a year and left in January "to get a better paying job."
White said, "The whole thing's a sham by the governor to distract from the fact that Steffen came out and pointed a finger straight at the governor. Once again, the governor cannot take credit for his actions and the so-called evidence is completely ridiculous and they know it."
When asked if he had any knowledge of who MD4Bush is, White said: "No, absolutely not." .."
(Excerpt) Read more at wjz.com ...
Bump for an excellent summary.
Good work.
Yo, Conservative in nyc -- nice, isn't it, to finally find out who MD4Bush was.
An illegal act.
They appear to have commited conspiracy.
I like to know what the opposition is up to in as many different places as possible.
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