Posted on 03/11/2006 11:17:24 AM PST by at bay
Process servers are stuck, and $2.4M lawsuit in limbo
Officials say Chad Condit illegally took campaign money raised by his father.
WASHINGTON — Chad Condit is proving to be an elusive defendant. The son of former congressman Gary Condit, Chad Condit is a target of a $2.4 million lawsuit filed by California's political watchdog agency. The regulators claim Condit and his sister, Cadee Condit, illegally pocketed campaign money their father raised.
But in the two months since the Fair Political Practices Commission filed the lawsuit, officials have been unable to reach Chad Condit to deliver legal papers.
"We are still attempting to serve Chad Condit," FPPC spokesman Jon Matthews said Thursday.
Although the lawsuit was filed in Sacramento Superior Court on Jan. 10, it can't proceed until all the defendants are served. Cadee Condit was served Feb. 12, Matthews said. Matthews declined to further characterize efforts to reach both Condits, who have lived most recently in Arizona.
Election law experts suggest the state agency usually has a significantly easier time contacting a defendant.
"The one thing you can infer is that the Condit kid is not cooperating," said Karen Getman, an attorney who served as chairman of the FPPC from 1999-2003.
Chad Condit could not be reached for comment Friday. A Phoenix phone number listed for him and his wife was not working.
Getman said the agency typically will file a lawsuit only after "there was some attempt at settlement." That a lawsuit had to be filed is unusual, Getman said.
Bob Stern, the commission's former general counsel and currently president of the Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies, agreed that it probably is "very unusual" for such complications to arise with the mundane steps involved in a lawsuit.
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Calling all freepers! B.O.L. (be on the lookout) for this piece o' work. Maybe we can have our own "America's Most Wanted" dirtball corrupt politicians and/or family wanted by the law.
BTTT
Freeper Chasing Chad!
Chad?
"Gary Condit is a dirtbag!"
At least the son didn't kill anybody...yet.
Good L-rd. It sure seems to run nn families, doesn't ir?
"We have no forgotten. Gary Condit's rotten!"
How did I know you were gonna say that, Jim? :)
I saw Grandpa Condit yesterday. Wonder if he has any idea about the whereabouts of his grandson?!?
Head's up Arizona folks. The perp is running around your neighborhoods.
Wouldn't it be nice if he could be declared an outlaw, where chad boy could be detained by any and all means?
A miserable conclusion for a left coast, Blue Dog Democrat.
Perhaps that's why the DNC now reportedly sends out squads to cleanse the party of conservative or moderate Democrats at birth.
Took the words out of my mouth. The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree.
Apparently dirtbags run in the family. This doesn't come a big surprise. Thanks for the ping, Jim.
Gosh, your revelation via posting comes as such a shock! ; - )
One would think that Condit was a politician and a liberal one to boot!
He'll show up when the money runs out.
The way liberals spend, that shouldn't take long at all.
If it was some ordinary dude, they would already have somebody like Dog Chapman after him.
Interesting.
Where's Gary residing?
Still with his wife?
I just called all five of the Baskin Robbins in Glendale Arizona to try and track him down. Negatory. Yeah, the dog would hunt'em down and mace'em out.
I say we post a wanted poster with a reward for information leading to the process service of Chad "I don't need this job Gov. Davis, I gotta slush fund to slurp up" Condit
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