Bloggers4Chaz
Brent Finnegan -- June 1st, 2007
In the last two days, at least four conservative blogs have come out with endorsements for Chaz Evans-Haywood for Harrisonburg Rockingham County Clerk of Court. Or, should I say, Jim at Virginia Virtucon cast his vote of confidence for Chaz, and that endorsement bounced around the echo chamber. Even Chaz “opponent” Myron “republitarian” Rhodes seems to be endorsing Chaz.
Although Myron may be the only “blogger4chaz” actually voting in this election, I sorta doubt he’ll actually cast his vote for Chaz (and yes, I write “bloggers4chaz” with tongue in cheek).
While the have-nots would have me believe that the Clerk of Court is job any good politico can do, I’m not so sure. The Clerk is responsible for the competent administration of the criminal court system. It should be a job you ascend to. You know, has good ‘ol Chaz ever worked in a court system?
What part of running a dairy operation relate to creating and maintaining court records, preparing court orders and jury lists, contacting jurors and issuing summonses and court processes? The Clerk gets paid good money because, well, the job requires real specific skills. If you want a stepping stone job, run for Supervisor, and leave the administration job to the pros.
Question:Are all these bloggers Republicans? Remember
what your mother use to say to you? If all the Republicans
jumped off a cliff would you?
PG politician,
Answer: No, I’d be arranging the party.
JGF, sheer brilliance!
Qualified? How about someone who’s actually doing the job?
Well, that didn’t work so to see the article I was TRYING to link to here’e the url:
http://www.rocktownweekly.com/rocktown/news_details.php?AID=1438&page=News
Maria,
Just because an employee does some of the work doesn’t
make them a leader or supervisor material…wouldn’t you
agree?
No, not always Benny, but it does give them an edge in knowing how the office works. I think Diane would be excellent.
Emmy,
I hear Diane is a very nice person however, would she have the support of the office?
Would you? So far Benny, all we’ve heard from you is why everyone else doesn’t have what it takes. So what do you bring to the table?
Emmy,
Why be so offensive? I did not say anyone didn’t have what it takes. I think most of the candidates are great people.
Yes, we all know so much about the candidates we support. We hardly know their names.
Dianne Fulk is a good friend of mine, just spoke with her on the phone. If I needed good advice from a mother figure I would call Dianne Fulk or Carolyn Frank.
I didn’t realize I was being offensive. I thought that I asked a valid question as a voter.
Myron we get it…you know lots of people.
As far as my qualifications, I am advertising why I feel I am
qualified (see DNR 5/29/07 back page) with more to come.
I am putting my qualifications out for public viewing so
people can make an informed decision. Hey, I happen to be
a father of 3, married for 19 years – but that doesn’t make
me qualified for the job, but it sure makes me happy.
PS – I also have the “clean campaign pledge” for all candidates to sign and the public to view at the Mass. Regional Library. I believe if you review my posts I have not said a negative thing about any candidate. Asking where someone works is not negative unless you make it negative – I had asked the candidate and he did not respond so I simply asked on another blog to see if anyone knew. I want to focus on qualifications. I don’t think that is a bad thing.
Writergirl,
You are not being offensive, you are being accurate.
Your question is indeed valid and should be foremost in people’s minds.
“Who has exhibited understanding and ability to get the job done?” is the very question that should decide the issue.
Emmy, my point was is that you think she would do a good job, but are so unfamiliar with her that you don’t know how to spell her name, repeatedly.
Benny doesn’t even know her name either, and he’s running against her….of course, that’s easy to do when there are so many to run against.
It goes without saying that I know a lot of people….
I sit at a computer all day long. I’m lucky I spell my own name right. I’m sure I’ll still find her on the ballot though.
Maria, writergirl, Emmy…
In this position, you need to be a strong leader. Most anyone
can be taught the fundamentals of a job but, leadership or
employee supervision requires experience…P.S. I stand
corrected on Dianne’s name.
Comment above is from me.
The article seems to show much more than a “fundamental” understanding.
Could it be Benny, that you feel threatend by strong and capable females in leadership and management?
Think about it this way, if this were a job in the private sector and we as the board of directors of the company wished to hire the best individual to do a particular job, where should we go? First we would rule out the applicants who have little or no experience in our business. Then we would rule out those who may have experience, but who do not have the required ability or initiative to handle the position we’re hiring to fill.
We should also question, as you have, the motives of someone who would wish to cast the most qualified candidate for the position in doubt.
I would submit that most of the ten candidates for this particular job enjoy the support of someone in the Clerk’s office. And each of the ten candidates also probably make someone in the office less than happy at the thought of them being in charge.
Bottom line is that we should hire the best qualified person for the job. Someone who has good understanding of the workings of the company because of direct experience and exhibited ability within the company should receive strong consideration at the start. Then their resume and civic involvement are also important considerations.
A very important consideration in hiring for such a position is the individual’s vision for the company’s future direction.
B. Fields,
Thank you for your concern but, I’m definetly not threatend
by females in charge(I’m married).I can get along with any
gender…as far as the private sector, businesses hire Leaders
from different back grounds all the time, wouldn’t you agree?
Playgirl Politician (are you really calling yourself that, may I ask why you don’t simply use your name. It seems so much more conducive to dialog.)
Your question was “as far as the private sector, businesses hire Leaders from different back grounds all the time, wouldn’t you agree?”
My response (although unsolicited) is this:
In the private sector when hiring, I hire persons that exhibit leadership skills, YES. Do I hire them based upon that alone, HELL NO. I need skilled labor. I don’t hire anyone whom I must introduce into my industry at the top of management for their first time (this is what entry level positions are for) simply because I think that they could successfully lead a team. If you are a candidate in this election then please answer this question (As a voter I ask with the utmost respect to you). Will you post your resume either online or in print form so that we; the voters, can review it. I think that your idea for a clean election is beautiful. Please add your resume to your campaign approach (and challenge your opposition to follow suit) so that we may make our decision based upon tried and true free market techniques.
But Benny, you can’t even keep either a corporation or contractor’s license from expiring, why would voters trust you to return bonds, timely date-stamp documents, etc?
Dave,
Thanks for asking but, I let them expire on purpose…because
I knew I was going to change my business name,and I was
told just to let them expire. I also had a grace period for
doing so. I hope this answers your question.
Dave Miller,
Sorry if my real name isn’t being used but, half the bloggers
don’t use their real name…I enjoy blogging and this is another way of having fun with it.( F.Y.I.) my e-mail is
nealbnealx5@aol.com for further comment. Thanks!
Thank you, may I still request that you publicly disclose your resume and that you encourage your rival candidates to follow suit?
Benny, I must say, I’m truly at a loss…”Handy Andy” is at least your 3rd version of a home repair business…why do you keep changing the name?
If you were truly told to let your company AND your contractor’s license, why didn’t you state that when we were discussing it back in March…and so, did you work during the time your Premier Home Repairs contractor’s license was expired for about two months?
And why are most of the “psuedonyms” you use for posting female names? Should I post all of the names that you’ve posted under on Republitarian?
Dave Briggman
May I suggest that you post what the actual problem that you have with “Handy Andy” or Playgirl Politician is? Simply say why you don’t like him, its very obvious. Just save us the time we waste reading your attacks and simply tell us why you don’t like him.
David Miller,
Posting one’s resume would seem to be common sense. I’d worry about someone who didn’t. And regarding Benny’s “clean campaign pledge” I thought it was a good idea when I received his letter requesting support several months ago and I will recommend to Dianne that she endorse the idea. I challenged my opponent in 2005 during the debate at the county fair to sign a pledge to only tell the truth during the campaign and he refused. The only people who would feel uncomfortable with such a pledge,… well, that speaks for itself…
Politics and elections have devolved (is that a real word?) to the level set by consultants who believe (and profit from) the idea that you should drive down turnout by demonizing your opponent and demoralizing their supporters to the degree that few show up to vote and in so doing you reduce the universe of people who you need to convince so that you can win with 50% plus one voter.
Elections should be about who can do the best job on behalf of the people. Period.
We as a society have allowed ourselves to be distracted and stray from that very basic tenant of good government.
And yes, despite what the Grover Norquist disciples proclaim, I believe that good government is a worthy and attainable goal.
Worthy yes, to the rest………..?
Thank you for more eloquently stating the opinion. I’m still an optimist. If you are running for an elected position, tell my why you are qualified. If I find you to be so then I’ll vote for you over lesser qualified individuals. Wouldn’t it be nice if all candidates respected their constituents enough to try to earn their respect instead of defacing their rivals. Is that still possible. Barack anyone? :) That above statement is why I love the man. He will argue issues, not point fingers (although he does have that one pretty easy, we all know who’s screwed us recently).
Can we vote on an amendment that would ban phrases like family values and homeland (God the Nazi’s must be turning in their graves with jealously over the commendering of their propaganda). This might begin to bridge the gap that you mention Lowell. That is “Elections should be about who can do the best job on behalf of the people. Period.”
sorry insert >security
Dave Miller, I merely reflect upon Benny’s self-touting as a “successful businessman”…since I moved here in 1996, he’s had no fewer than four businesses, of comparable nature, running under four different names…
Ordinarily, I’d have not even mentioned the gaps in his contractor’s license — until he kept asking about Chaz’s position in the FOUR months between leaving Senator Allen’s employ and his position at JMU.
Benny and Rebecca are good people, but Benny’s clean campaign pledge was, in my opinion, short-lived…the mere fact that Benny had blog “conversations” with himself on republitarian.com threw that in the toilet.
Mr. Briggman, Kool-Aid aside…can you please explain what you are pertaining to against Benny?
Informed voters= better voters
Thanks
I have a friend that works for the accountant that does Mr. Neal’s books and I assure that Mr. Neal has been very successful in all of his business ventures. Why are you so concerned anyway? At least he is gainfully employed!
Hi Benny,
“I have a friend who works for the accountant that does Mr. Neal’s books…” geez, Benny.
Your passive-aggressiveness is amazing.
If three out of the four business have been primarily home repair, then why the need for three different company names?
Like David said, “Playgirl Politician (are you really calling yourself that, may I ask why you don’t simply use your name. It seems so much more conducive to dialog.)”
Seriously. All these code names do is confuse, mislead, and turn people off. Just pick a screen name and stick with it. I can see the IP addresses, so it’s not a huge secret who is posting from where.
You people are hard to understand. You say you can see
my IP address and you think I am Benny. You might want to check it again. Obviously you don’t know how to use the web but know how to make false accusations.
I just started blogging a few months ago and tried several names and have landed on this one, and I like it and intend on keeping it. I am sorry that this has bothered some of you, however, from what I can see several people use different names frequently, concurrently. You are off base with “foryourinformation” I don’t know who that is.
Dave Miller,
I dropped off my campaign letter Saturday at Daves Traverna, if you still have questions give me a call and I would be glad to come down and talk with you. 820-1474 Thank you,
Benny Neal
Of course Mr. Neal doesn’t know who I am. Sounds like everyone is itching to find out. This entire blog brings back memories of childish high school guessing games. We’re all grown adults, get a grip with yourself! Seems to me a few people on here has something against Mr. Neal and I would like to know why. Just curious, especially Mr. Briggman. Why are you so harsh & negatively rude?
What is Mr. Playgirl’s accountant doing sharing his client’s financial information?
Sorry, but FYI looks suspiciously like Mr. Neal. In more ways than one.
I’m not Mr. Neal’s accountant. If you read more closely, I stated that a friend of mine works for his accountant. As girls like to talk, it was brought up in a conversation a few weeks ago. She didn’t go into detail other than she said that Mr. Neal has been very successful.
As long as no specifics were mentioned I don’t care if people talk truthfuly and favorably about me. I am sure anyone in the accounting business knows what is confidential and what is not.
Girls will be girls and girls do like to talk (yes, I’m one of them) I assure you that my friend didn’t tell me anything that was confidential in anyway. She wouldn’t risk her job and I wouldn’t want anyone for that matter to do so. I’m not trying to cause trouble between her and her boss who is Mr. Neal’s accountant. People need to know that you’re a good person and would make a great Clerk of Court! This doesn’t mean that I plan to vote for Mr. Neal, but from what little information I’ve gathered so far about him, I’m leaning towards him.
Just my opinion, but it sounds very unprofessional to talk about a client’s finances. Whether it be the actual accountant or one of his employees.
I don’t have access to the IPs here, and I know IPs don’t tell the whole story. It isn’t hard to use a friend’s computer or a proxy server. When Mr. Neal posts he has a tell tale give away. Funny that someone he doesn’t know would do the same thing. But then, funny things do happen…. I remain skeptical.
We still have heard any reasons from Benny as to his qualifications to serve as Clerk of the Circuit Court.
He’s been asked this on republitarian.com, but to-date, he’s refused to answer.
You’re crazy! What in the world makes you think that I’m Benny, “Playgirl Politician” or whatever you call Mr. Neal? Let’s give Mr. Neal a chance, I’m sure he’ll have a good answer. And while we’re on this subject, Dave Briggman, what do you do for a living and what do you have to do with the Clerk of Court running?? What are your qualifications?
FYI. You collect 125 signatures on my behalf and I’ll enter the Clerk’s race…until then, I’m hardly accountable to answering any question from you.
Why should I collect your signatures for you? Do you not know that many people? If that’s the case, you wouldn’t stand a chance in the running!
FYI, Mr. Neal has had plenty of chances to tell us why he would make a good clerk and has danced aground the issue without directly answering it. Sure, he told us to go dig through our old DNRs, but I would think any candidate would be more than happy to list off their qualifications or at the very least tell us why they believe they would make a good clerk.
If I told you what gives Mr. Neal away each time he used a new name, it could be easily manipulated. I’m not the only one to notice these things. But like I said, funny things do happen.