6 petitions x 2 counts each were the charages out of 150+ petitions (?) turned in.
Yes, I agree, she wasn't a threat to taking the election away from the machine, although that's the rationale for keeping our election laws "sacrosanct" (supposedly this is one of the only cases of wrongful petition filing nationally that has ended up with felony charges). Her real danger to the machine was a medical "boat rocker: especially how federal funding to the state dept. of social services (e.g. foster care/medical care given to NA kids not on the reservations) was (is) being spent. Let's just say that there isn't much oversight on the fed side on how the state is spending the money. Don't need a nosy doctor upsetting the apple cart. Convict her of a felony and the state med board gets to yank her license.
Yeah, probably too close to the situation but its slimier than you imagine from Maine.
Now I've probably crossed the line and got "too" political...
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