No, this isn’t another one of our satirical headlines. Former Johnson County Republican state lawmaker Phil Kline (that’s Phil with one “l,” unlike Attorney General Phill Kline) is among the latest Republicans to jump parties and back Paul Morrison, a Democrat. “Classic Kline,” as he was known when he and Phill served together in the Legislature, said: “I think Paul Morrison’s character and proven legal experience in the largest county in the state makes him the superior choice.”
Posted by Phillip Brownlee
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Nothing original?
KC Star BuzzBlog (Oct 27):Breaking news: Phil Kline endorses Morrisonhttp://kcbuzzblog.typepad.com/kcbuzzblog/2006/10/breaking_news_p.html
I repeat:
Are the KC Star and Wichita Eagle having a “tag team” attack on Kline?http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2006/10/expanded_kline_.html
Where’s some original Wichita Eagle reporting about a Wichita story about a Wichita non-profit sending out “educational” pieces to many Kansas voters?
Oh, I forgot to mention that I did some research on the Wichita story by the Wichita non-profit sending out “Snoop Dog” eductional pieces to voters in Kansas:
http://www.saljournal.com/blogs/?p=1491
Near the end of that article, I suggest that George Tiller and Paul Morrison were likely at the same Torch 2006 Dinner held in Kansas City a few weeks ago. Paul Morrison was there. ProKanDo was a sponsor for the event. Did Paul meet George that night?
Instead of a link about single-”L” Phill Kline, why not a link to a newspaper in Kansas willing to research what’s going in Wichita?
Campaign ads mask sponsors’ identitieshttp://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/oct/29/campaign_ads_mask_sponsors_identities/?elections_2006
Meadowlurk,
Paul Morrison has contended that he has not received any money from Tiller. My research of the question on-line supports that. As you well know, it will be after the election before such a Tiller contribution can be confirmed, or not.
I could use your techniques and say that because your agenda seems to so closer match operation rescue’s that you must be a mouthpiece for that organization. Do I have anything but wild speculation to offer on that question. No. Just using some of the great Meadowlurk quality reporting technique.
Yesterday I was in a garage, therefore, I must be a car! [Meadowlurk logic at its best]
So take that and your baseless speculation back to Salina. Please!
I understand that you’d like to make this a contest between Kline and Tiller. But, sorry pal, Kline has to run against a real attorney. You know as well as me that he cannot stand up to that challenge.
Will give you a ride to Morrison’s victory party, if you’d like.
The Wichita Eagle is not into doing any real investigative reporting. They have their own agenda and plan on cramming it down their reader’s throat.
They report their side and ignore the fact that there are two sides to a story. They don’t want to talk about Morrison running ads that talk about a case that is over 10 years old when he talks about Brown’s arrest (they were for protesting abortion). But they are quick to get upset that a sexual harassment case against their golden boy Morrison is brought up. What they don’t tell you is that the victim in that case did not get a settlement because Morrison intimidated her and her family so much that she could not take it anymore. It was easier to drop it and move on. They don’t tell you how Morrison interfered with an adoption his victim was trying to do.
If they did they would have to show the tarnished side of their hand chosen one. They can’t do that. They want to influence the elections.
The Wichita Eagle has not been a true news reporting paper for years. The proof is in the number of subscribers they have lost over the past several years. People want the facts not a newspapers opinion or spin on a story. They want to know that the reporters actually investigated a story they did.
We cannot expect the Eagle to tell the facts because they only mess up their own agenda and spin. Plus they would have to hire some real reporters and their editorial board would have to get off of their duffs and out of the office more often.
All these Republicans changing party to Democrats like Morrison and Parkinson. I bet there are some ‘big daddy’ Republican political campaign fund contributors that are not very pleased.
Kind of makes one wonder what TV commercials and ads we will see in the next week before the election. I bet someones is boiling mad about these party jumpers.
NOVEMBER 2004Taxpayer Subsidies for Illegal College StudentsIt’s not often that a state attorney general declines to defend a state law. Kansas passed a law allowing its illegal aliens to attend its state universities at discount tuition rates, and some out-of-state citizens who have to pay higher tuition filed a lawsuit. Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline agrees with them. He recused himself and assigned the defense of the case to other attorneys in his office.Kline noted that several federal statutes have tried to prevent states from undermining national immigration law by giving taxpayer-paid benefits to those who enter the United States illegally. He says the new Kansas law rewards illegal activity and therefore is likely to be held contrary to federal law.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of students from some of the other 49 states who are attending Kansas universities but are denied the taxpayer subsidy of in-state college tuition. The lawsuit asserts that the new Kansas law, which was signed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius on May 20, makes each of these American students pay at least $10,000 more during their college years than illegal aliens pay.
The three Kansas state universities currently have more than 9,000 students enrolled who are identified as non-U.S. citizens. For just the fall 2004 term, each illegal alien undergraduate student will receive a taxpayer subsidy of a reduction in tuition of $3,181.80 at the University of Kansas, $3,504 at Kansas State University, and $3,360 at Emporia State University.
Federal law 8 U.S.C. 1623(a) expressly bars aliens who are not lawfully present in the United States from receiving “any postsecondary education benefit” unless U.S. citizens are eligible for the same benefit “in no less an amount, duration, and scope” without regard to whether the citizen is a resident of the state. But Kansas is not giving this subsidy to U.S. citizens from the other 49 states.
The intent of the federal statute, which was signed by President Clinton in 1996, is very clear. Anticipating that the states might try to get around the law, Congress specified that states may not award a college tuition subsidy to illegal aliens “on the basis of residence within a State.”
The chicanery of the Kansas law is obvious. The law states that the illegal alien student “shall be deemed to be a resident of Kansas for the purpose of tuition and fees” if the illegal alien has attended a Kansas high school for three or more years or has received a GED in Kansas, and submits an affidavit stating that he will file an application to legalize his immigration status as soon as he is eligible to do so.
But this appears to require the student to do the impossible. Under federal law, illegal aliens are detainable and deportable and may be barred for ten years or more from reapplying for legal admission to the United States.
Thus, Kansas law expressly rewards aliens who have violated federal law by giving them a taxpayer subsidy that is denied to lawful aliens and U.S. citizens. Meanwhile university tuition rates continue to soar at a rate greater than inflation, and state legislatures strapped for funds are looking to their expensive state university system to absorb some of the squeeze.
“The three Kansas state universities currently have more than 9,000 students enrolled who are identified as non-U.S. citizens.”
But how many among those are on valid Student Visas, i.e., International Students? To the best of my knowledge, currently only a handful students qualify for this program, and lesser still who actually enrolled in it.
Wiseman, it’s not wise to mislead the public like this. Post instead the correct number of the people who would benefit from the new program, and not this misleading number meant to incite mass hysteria.
Attorney General Phill Kline might stumble a little bit but at lease he doesn’t give in to the illegal immigrant issues.Looks like Governor Kathleen Sebelius is trying to hide something here.
Roo Haa,
Number of people utilizing the cheaper in-state tuition is beside the point. For one, it the Kansas Law allowing this is against federal law. Secondly, discriminating against citizens over non-citizens is not a wise thing to do under any circumstances.
Let’s see…
- Sebelius is allowing illegal aliens to get a Kansas Driver’s license.- Sebelius is allowing illegal aliens to get in state tuition costs, but our neighors (U.S. Citizens) Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma friends will have to pay full tuition fees.
Illegal aliens can already get a social security number for tax purposes.
So, let’s see what we got brewing here. Driver’s License, Student ID at your Favorite Kansas University, Federal Social Security Card.
Hey! Guess what I can do with all of those! I can blend right into the U.S. as a citizen! Credit Card companies will send me offers, I can get a library card, I can apply for home loans, I can get my children into any schools (because they don’t know I’m an illegal alien.) I can qualify for loan assistance for my college…blah blah blah etc etc.
Yeah, but there’s a catch here. I’m an illegal alien from Mexico. But my name is really not Juan Garcia, it’s Sahlid Ahmed Mohammed. I just applied for ID in Mexico and got me one really easy. I, Sahlid Ahmed Mohammed, I mean Juan Garcia, want to thank you for my easy assimilation into the U.S.
It will make my Jihad, I mean my stay in the U.S. so much easier and the FBI won’t bother me…I mean I will contribute to society fully.
boom boom boom
Back in the early 90’s, I had a conversation with some int’l students who have been encouraged by student advisors to apply for the SS#. Their cards was also printed differently.
As for the immigration problem mentioned above, this is a state vs federal issue. The feds failed their duties, but the burden was borne by the state. States have no authority over immigration. Or else, Kansas would have a separate law on immigration/naturalization. Until the feds explicitly grant the power sharing to arrest undocumented workers AND their enablers (i.e., their employers), I doubt local LEA can do much.
I say, give the DL to them. At least we will have a record of their whereabouts.
Also, Idaho, with their border with Canada, are also supposedly rife with extremely violent people intending on bringing down the Federal Government of the USA.
On your Arab-hating scenario, note that Sam is a very common Middle Eastern name. Let’s round up those with that name!
Roo Haa,
Forewarned is foretold.
And try not to lecture me on Arab-hating, I have relatives who are from Lebanon.
Myopia appears to have occurred among the politically correct.
Ok, I’ll try to be more politically incorrect next time, noting that I too have middle eastern heritage, and even muslim relatives.
Surely Philllll can dig up some nasty unfounded stuff about this good man Phil.He can then say that he won’t use it while it plays constantly to his bigoted “base”.
Meadowpoop, it’s not only the “big” newspapers that have endorsed Morrison. Lot’s of small hometown papers have also.The Parsons Sun wisely did.
I know, it’s a state-wide eee-ville liberal conspiracy!! HA
“What they don’t tell you is that the victim in that case did not get a settlement because Morrison intimidated her and her family so much that she could not take it anymore.”
SoSummerlinSays – unfounded allegation supposedly spread by un-named third parties. High standard of evidence, there.
“People want the facts not a newspapers opinion or spin on a story.”
CLUE: the editorial pages ARE opinion… [sigh]
“We cannot expect the Eagle to tell the facts because they only mess up their own agenda and spin. Plus they would have to hire some real reporters and their editorial board would have to get off of their duffs and out of the office more often.”
Has anybody else ever wondered why some many people, like sotheysaid, who hate the Eagle so much, come to their WEblog so often.
ANOTHER CLUE: Your participation here helps the Eagle make claims about their web hits and and helps them sell advertising. Maybe you should figure out a better way to vote against the Eagle. Some of us would appreciate it.
sotheysaid relays unconfirmed rumours as fact.
You chose your screenname well pal.
sotheysaid:”They don’t want to talk about Morrison running ads that talk about a case that is over 10 years old when he talks about Brown’s arrest (they were for protesting abortion).”
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2006/10/morrison_ad_goe.html#comments
You know, the editorial that actually chastised the Morrison campaign about the misleading nature of the Brown ads (and yes, I would agree that they are misleading).
Look I don’t really care for Sebelius’s stance on the immigration issue either but it’s one issue of many, and I support her stance on everything else.
It’s certainly not enough to vote for Barnett.
The “rumors as fact” problem has really taken a jump in recent days. See my complaints about Meadowlark’s posts above.
I would really favor some change in campaign finance reporting that allows us to know who is giving how much to which candidate up until the time of the election.
Such sunshine would take away this last minute sensationalistic speculation.
Kansans deserve to know who are supporting the candidates.
Steven Davis – even after the campaign reports come out at the end of the year you are not going to see the contributions to a candidate like Meadowlark is talking about.
Tiller is one of many organizations that by pass the campaigns finance laws. They make donations (maxing out the limit) to multiple groups’ setup by a party and then the party in turn funnels the money to the candidate. For organizations or individuals with big pockets this amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The other way is to set up a group that will send out mailers either supporting a particular candidate or negatives about a particular candidate.
Most of the time you will see these groups pop up and if you follow their finance reports (not all of them have to file one) you will see the money come in and then go out to a particular candidate. Then you will see groups formed to do the mailers and you will not hear from them again until the next campaign cycle. Both of these are only setup during the campaign season.
The largest amounts of money are never seen. That is where the cleanup needs to be.
“Campaign ads mask sponsors’ identities”
Gee Meadowlark, you sure weren’t interested in that when Charles Koch was spending many times that amount under the guise of “Citizens for the Education of the Republic.”
I have also received anti-Morrison ads from shadowy groups. How about investigating THEM? Or are you solely interested in selectively going after one side? What does that say about the objectivity of the Salina Journal which you represent?
As my main goal is irritating fundies and causing Republicans as much pain as possible, let’s cut to the chase here.
Kline is going to lose.Morrison is going to win.Abortion is going to remail legal.
Suck on it!
“The largest amounts of money are never seen. That is where the cleanup needs to be.”
STS,We agree on this. Politicians work for us, we need to be able to follow ALL of the money.
Ben,I think the Salina Journal only provides KSMeadowlark blog space – I am not thinking there is an official endorsement of his activities by the paper. But, I don’t know that for sure.
I respect Meadowlark’s research skills, but I am mistrustful when he ventures off onto speculation that is mimimally supported by data; or more often where no data are really available.
I would like for there to be more data available on all aspects of political campaign contributions. I wonder if those of us interested in that could ban together in a multi-partisan way to influence legislation on this subject? I bet such a group would be about as popular as a hair in biscuit in Topeka.
Steven – KSMeadowlark pointed asked MrC of he represented the views of KCTU. I have repeatedly asked KSM that same question. He has not answered.
Steven is right, the Salina Journal only hosts bloggers, every blogger is responsible for their own content and moderation of the content. The Salina Journal does not endorse the views of any of it’s bloggers.
So Meadowlurk’s great story is that Paul Morrison raises campaign funds. On the other hand another story is Jan Beemer getting arrested for speeding while her license was suspended.
A Democrat doesn’t commit a crime and Republican commits a crime. Looks like it’s business as usual.
I heard over the weekend that Morrison was a sexual harraser. I don’t understand why democrats would want a sexual harraser to be attorney general. Especialy after the Clinton years!
To those of you who have tangible, credible evidence that Morrison ever engaged in sexual harrassment, please produce said evidence.
I expect to hear either made-up stuff or deafening silence to this request.
Thank you.
Garth McGinn is best suited to serve the interests of the constituents of Kansas 4th Congressional District. He will not be beholding to special interests that have dominated our current representative for the last 12 years. Garth’s positions are moderate. He would help lead the effort in sincere campaign funding and ethics reform. Garth believes energy independence can benefit Kansas farmers immensely and reduce our reliance on foreign oil by doubling fuel efficiencies in 5 years and have half of vehicles on alternative fuel by 10 years. He knows it is a key growth area for Kansans and the nation, requiring both public investment and tax incentives. He will work to simplify the tax code and end loopholes enjoyed by just the wealthiest Americans. The incumbent has little to nothing to show for his 12 years as your representative in Washington, and has no plan for the needed changes. It is time for a change in Washington and the Republican parties unparalleled corruption, crony capitalism and scandal. .
Garth McGinn will be an advocate for the change and improvement sorely needed. Garth McGinn will best represent you.
Neither Barnett or Sebelius is tough enough on illegal immigration. You Kansans are being taken to the altar for slaughter by both parties on this issue. As the gangs begin to take over each neighborhood you will learn how wrong you were to be blinded by party loyalty and let your city be infected by a disease that slowly spreads to corrupt and destroy low income neighborhoods. Sure political mom will always be able to move farther east or west but the poor whom political mom believes in so passionately cannot afford that luxury.
By the way, the only reason I visit KSMeadowlark is to watch political_mom bait KSM. It can be pretty amusing.
Roo Haa,
Yeah, write one of your Muslim relatives with your email address (lvs24neek8@yahoo.com )and have them ask their Cleric if that is acceptable.
JM worries about a “Sahlid Ahmed Mohammed” getting a drivers license. How about someone named Timothy McVeigh?
Wakeupdems- I’m not anti-hispanic. I’m anti-illegal immigration. Big difference. I want to make changes to Sebelius’s stance from the inside, but racism isn’t going to be how I do it.The gang problem comes from poverty of any race and nationality (including citizens!)
Illegal immigration fuels poverty-work for slave wages, split families- which fuels the anger, drugs and gang problem.
Ben,
Timothy is dead. I was just in the Federal Building in Oklahoma City a few days before it happened. I knew some people that died in the Federal Building as well as some that lived through it.
The “Sahlid Ahmed Mohammed” issue is to get people to wake up to a real threat.
Currently, the path appears to be Brazil, Central America, Mexico (to get a fake birth certificate and a legit Mexican Visa ID.) and then on to the U.S.
Of course, you can ignore the threat if you wish, but I feel it is imperative to wake up those who allow their politicians to provide easy avenues of ID fakery into legitimate documents such as driver’s licenses.
Do I represent the views of KCTU?No more than James Barfield, Phil Journey or our new host, some guy named Bob Knight.Unlike meadowloser, I don’t pretend to represetent anyone but me. That’s enough of a challenge :)
Do I represent the views of KCTU?No more than James Barfield, Phil Journey or our new host, some guy named Bob Knight.Unlike meadowloser, I don’t pretend to represent anyone but me. That’s enough of a challenge :)
Heheheheheh
I love the smell of wingnut desperation in the morning.
Dont like the message? Blame the media.
Ya. It’s all the media’s fault that philllllll is gonna lose.
Couldnt be his fault. Not in the culture of personal responsibility.
Hey Tracey, not only
BILL CLINTONBILL CLINTON
but
BLAME THE MEDIABLAME THE MEDIA
hee hee hee hee hee hee heeeeeee
Hey Ken –I have already had it in my book to vote for Garth McGinn.Yes you are right; Todd Tiahrt has been at it for 12 yrs. too long.He has done a lot for big corporations such as Boeing but we all know that is disappearing.He has had his chance at doing something more about the illegal immigration problems with full knowledge and he supports the NAFTA and other trade deals with the southern countries.It is time to get rid of the nesting politicians that are representing more so the corporations that are not for the citizens of the United States.
Steven Davis and others that wanted proof on the sexual harassment charges against Morrison here they are from her attorney:
Scott G. HattrupAttorney at Law11925 W. 92nd TerraceLenexa, KS 66215(913) 492-8812 phone/ (913) 492-8836 faxSHattrup@aol.com
The following is a press release from my client, Kelly Summerlin. . Please direct all further questions through my office and do not contact my client directly.
STATEMENT OF KELLY SUMMERLINBecause of recent false and misleading statements made by Paul Morrison, I have prepared this statement.I was fully aware, back in 1991, when I first filed cases against Paul Morrison, that they would become a matter of public record. And that anyone, at anytime, could access and review this information. My family and I put a great deal of thought into the seriousness of this matter. I sincerely considered the fact that Mr. Morrison was a powerful and prominent person with a great deal of influence.Although I did not personally give permission to Mr. Phill Kline to release the court documents, that was not my call to make. It was all public record. I also accept that Paul Morrison could have done the same at any time.Mr. Kline’s references to these lawsuits have been accurate, to my understanding. On the other hand, Mr. Morrison has provided misleading and false information. I believe it is important for me to attempt to set the record straight. The public will make its own determinations. I do this for myself, my family and for anyone who has ever been in my shoes and was afraid to speak out. It was not easy then and it is not easy now. Make no mistake, what I said was true fifteen years ago and is still true today.In 1985, I was hired by Dennis Moore, the Johnson County District Attorney, to work as a Victim/Witness Assistant. After Mr. Morrison was elected as the District Attorney, he promoted me to Coordinator of the Victim/Witness Assistance Unit. In that position I participated as a part of the prosecution team in one our office’s most significant cases involving a serial murderer. My role was to advocate and support the surviving family members. Mr. Morrison presented a select number of people with a personal award plaque recognizing their contribution in this important case; I was one of those.On the evening of the verdict, November 4, 1990, Mr. Morrison personally invited me to a victory party at a local bar, along with other key participants. I attended, and during the course of the evening, Mr. Morrison did not simply “compliment me” by saying I was attractive, as he claims. His actions and words were much more aggressive.Mr. Morrison approached me and told me he was uncomfortable. I asked him why and he responded by propositioning me. He then pressured me to respond by asking, “What are we going to do about that?” I was stunned. I rejected his advances and felt like all of my hard work, commitment, and dedication had been reduced to nothing.The following day Mr. Morrison pulled me aside at work and blamed his comments and actions the night before on the alcohol. I simply acknowledged his statement. I wanted this to go away. It didn’t. Over the course of the next few weeks and months, my job description was changed, my responsibilities were reduced, I was moved out of my office, my computer was taken away, and Mr. Morrison denied me the opportunity to work with victims. The working environment was increasingly hostile and unforgiving. After five years of service, on February 12, 1991, Paul Morrison gave me the option to resign quietly and receive my vacation and sick leave benefits or be terminated and lose all benefits. He gave me a week to consider my options. I decided to fight.I learned that Mr. Morrison was very skillful at re-arranging facts to fit a version that would be most favorable to him. He is a skilled attorney. He continues to minimize his actions and behavior and put all blame on me. He has used his power and position to control and intimidate. The second most difficult and painful experience of my life was standing up to Mr. Morrison.The first would have to be the effort by my husband and I to have a family. During this time in 1991, my husband and I were seeking to adopt our first child. Even though I was no longer employed in his office, I learned that Mr. Morrison had spoken with the birth- grandparents of the child we were seeking to adopt. I was stunned and felt violated again. There was NO reason for any conversation regarding our private adoption to have ever taken place by Mr. Morrison. He was the District Attorney and I was a private citizen.I fought for more than two years. I followed the legal process by first filing an EEOC complaint. I was required to wait for the outcome of the EEOC case before filing a civil sexual harassment lawsuit. I also filed a separate due process case. During that time I was repeatedly attacked and belittled by Mr. Morrison and his attorneys.The due process case was dismissed by the judge before the jury could deliberate. Review of court records show the judge stating that the case was “difficult and not clear cut.” Mr. Morrison had asked the judge to declare the lawsuit as “frivolous, unreasonable and brought in bad faith,” in seeking to have me pay his attorney fees; the judge did not agree with Mr. Morrison.My case for sexual harassment was never thrown out of court by a judge. Mr. Morrison’s recent statement implying that the case had no merit is a misstatement of the truth. As an attorney, he is certain to comprehend the difference in the cases; however, his public comments are misleading and deceitful. Court documents reflect that the judge concluded that in pursuing the sexual harassment charges that, “a reasonable person could find in favor of either party.” Only a jury could make the final decision. Not Mr. Morrison.As the sexual harassment trial was approaching, more than two years after the initial incident, Mr. Morrison’s tactics had taken their toll. I needed to move forward and pursue a career that utilized my strengths and talents and had decided to apply to nursing school. This was a very competitive process and required all of our emotional and financial resources. We were not willing to risk the possibility of Mr. Morrison again becoming involved in our personal life goals. After much consideration for what was best for our family, my husband and I decided to settle the case. There were no strings attached and no money exchanged hands.Mr. Morrison is now publicly claiming that there was some sort of side agreement; we would dismiss the sexual harassment case if he “agreed not to go after them (us).” Once again, the facts will bear that there was no such agreement. There was no deal. Mr. Morrison has been free to file any counterclaim alleging defamation of character or slander. He chose not to.I have never recanted my statements. What I said was true fifteen years ago and remains the truth today. I appreciate the opportunity to publicly respond to the recent events.
Kelly Summerlin
sotheysaid – all you have given us is what she says. This does not constitute “proof on the sexual harassment charges against Morrison”; only proof that it is what she claims. We already knew all that.
Did she ever produce any witnesses from that party? Any substantiation?
Hehe, Ben.
Does Soisosad EVER provide evidence?
As a “victim’s advocate,” Kelly wouldn’t know how to work a system to her advantage, would she?
Then there’s the really lame, “it was ready to go to trial, but we wanted to move on with our lives.”
Well, move on with your lives for heaven’s sake. But re-hashing old allegations is not “moving on,” is it?
It’s entirely possible that Morrison came on to this woman, and that he then scooted her out. But the cause-and-effect has not been shown.
And when Ms. Summerlin chose not to take it to trial, she forfeited her right to be believed.
It will forever remain “he said, she said.”
or, “so they said” …
Although I have my suspicions about Morrison and the sexual harrassment charge, not a thing I can do to prove it.
The court action did occur and evidently the attempt at ‘wrongful termination.’
As timid as Summerlin appears to be, I would think she wouldn’t bring the two charges all the way to Federal court, if there wasn’t something to the charges.
Proving it, however, was on entirely on her and she did not or could not prove anything to make a viable case.
I suppose unless some other dark, shadowy figure comes out of Morrison’s past, we will have to live with the ’she said-he said.’
Like it or not, our courtrooms require substantiated evidence and Morrison knows this better than the average layperson.
Even the partisan politico sitting on a jury would have to dismiss the case for lack of evidence.
Thems the breaks.
“Over the course of the next few weeks and months, my job description was changed, my responsibilities were reduced, I was moved out of my office, my computer was taken away, and Mr. Morrison denied me the opportunity to work with victims. The working environment was increasingly hostile and unforgiving.”
I have had my office changed when I had a female supervisor. I completely screwed up, apparently, by not making a sexual harrassment claim. None of her allegations suggest sexual harrassment – rather they sound like how incompetent employees get treated. SMOKE, no substance.
“Even though I was no longer employed in his office, I learned that Mr. Morrison had spoken with the birth- grandparents of the child we were seeking to adopt. I was stunned and felt violated again.”
On the WIBW MP3 tape she indicates she learned this from un-named 3rd parties. Who, how, etc, etc. Or was this just made up? Paint me as unconvinced.
Sorry the important points of her claims are remain unsubstantiated. This is not even close to the proof I was asking for.
I am still interested in someone bringing something real forward on this claim.
Over the past several years I have had a number of female supervosors as well as female subordinates. In the normal course of human interaction we frequently have informal communication that could have possible sexual overtones. This is especially true if we go to Marguaritas after work for a while or at our annual ‘blow-out’ bash. We also frequently share various jokes that come across our email. If anything and everything that could possibly be construed as “harassment” were filed then everyone I know would be in Court – every day!
This still looks to me like smoke. Blue smoke and mirrors.
Maybe the Dems. should get him to do a voice over for a Morrison ad, saying “I’m Phil Kline, and I approve of this commercial”.
Ben,
I’ve seen sexual harrassment happen in a workplace and it is an ugly, tragic series of event.s
There was a beautiful, young blonde woman who came to work at our research facility. She was gorgeous, Kelly McGillis look-a-like. She was also a research contractor hired to do some data compiling. As a graduate Engineer she had all the qualifications.
She didn’t come to our section much other than to observe test runs and ask questions about some data sets from the fourier analysis.
After about three months on the job, we got word from the Equal Opportunity office that she had made a complaint against the workplace for sexual harrassment.
Evidently, the all the scientists at that end of the hallway were really trying hard to get in her pants one way or the other. She couldn’t substantiate anything as most was said in private. But, it was made clear that some people needed to clean up their act.
As time moved on, scientists wouldn’t talk to her nor would they give her friendly tips and advise as they once did when she first arrived. Funny how grown men can act so childish when they were told to stop ‘wolfing’ on the woman.
I and others notice she was becoming more withdrawn and never smiled anymore. Since we didn’t see her that much, we tried to welcome her, but the damage had been done. She had been ostracized and treated like a leper by the ‘horny toads.’
She quit the job and moved away. It was found later on that the job she did was absolutely top notch and they had a hard time replacing her with a competent engineer.
Instead of treated this female with respect, some of the wolves thought they could get ‘lucky’ and then turned hostile or unhelpful when she complained officially.
To me, this is most likely what happened with Morrison and Summerlin. Once he saw he had no chance, he was worried about anyone finding out, so he ‘got rid of her.’
You bet it happens and more than you think.
Boys will be boys.
Wow Will,
That’s a real dinosaur remark. You’d change your tune if that happened to your wife or daughter.
JM,My e-mail IS live, and I do use it to connetc with my family, my parents included. They know me and my reasons for having this email. In fact, my phone number is also a variant on my e-mail. So, call me… (Or do I have to somebody named Ford? — sarcasm)
She was at a bar, presumably also consuming alcohol, is it possible she misinterpreted, or read more into the encounter? Who’s to say?
JM – I agree with you, such harassment DOES occur. My point was only that it is not ALWAYS the case. That is what makes the whole thing so difficult; it is too much a case of ‘he-said-she-said’. Being married to a woman who is a professional and having worked FOR many women I know that it can cut both ways. I also know that there are often ‘non-cases’ out there.
One thing that I would expect is that after many years there would be a number of allegations; here we have only one. That adds to my doubts as to the veracity of her allegations.
There is just too much we do not know. Why did he fire her. According to the record it was for cause; under privacy laws Morrison is not allowed to go into that publicly.
As I have said; we seem to have a lot of smoke here. BUT, I haven’t seen any fire. As Steve said “Who’s to say?”