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County RaceSubmitted by chelsea on June 15, 2012 - 7:47am.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Ferguson shared an apartment while they were both serving in the Tennessee Legislature. They are very close friends. A "lapse in judgement" is being kind. DA employees should have been advised early on about how a government employee should or should not assist a candidate. Now, if it was done on the employee's home computer on his/her own time it is a mute point. But, if a computer from the DA's office was used, be it before or after work hours it is not acceptable.
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Would something like this be par with using a State Representative's office to make anonymous blog posts? It was after hours and I suspect it will never happen again, knowing Russ Johnson. Johnson has been a stellar DA, though Tea Partier, Jim Ryans, will no doubt try to blow this mole hill into a mountain of outrage.
Clearly D.A. Russell Johnson has been the most significantly and positively engaged DA we have had in the 9th Judicial focused solely on the betterment of Roane County and the entire 9th Judicial. I am confident there was zero engagement of our D.A. Russell Johnson. Mr. Ryans and his tea-party affiliates are threatened over many issues, including the loss of power of the tea-party. As stated previously, I am a republican yet the Tea Party agenda is not attractive to many Republicans.
District Attorney General Russell Johnson and staff, you are a true asset to our community and the entire 9th judicial.
Would it be on par with using the county's postage machine to send phoney police notices?
It is clearly the same thing. I would imagine that Mr. Johnson has handled this with his employee and his friend. This type of stuff is unfortunately becoming the norm rather than the rare exception in political circles.
Thanks! I had forgotten it was Theresa Kirkham who sent that fake police letter. See: Link...
-- OneTahiti
The use of state equipment and personnel for partisan purposes is clearly not legal. If the registration of domain names occurred during the week during business hours, something that would be easy to confirm, it counters Johnson's excuse. This information could of course be confirmed or refuted by an independent investigation.
The registration of a domain name is not the the issue. the issue is whether Johnson is telling the truth.
Johnson, back in May, committed himself in writing to the story that he knew nothing about the activity of his secretary on Ferguson's behalf. It stretches the imagination of even Republican supporters of Johnson's role as DA to believe he did not know about the work his secretary was doing for his good friend. To think Ferguson would by-pass his close friend and go directly to a department secretary to ask for the favor is even harder to comprehend.
A DA telling untruths to an election commission is serious. It's because of these discrepancies and questions that an independent investigation is needed.
I still think that julia hurley not putting her disclaimer should be investigated. Why is the roane county election commission not investigating that too?
Does anyone know the rule on 'paid for' required for political signs? If so, please share.
It's obvious you folks have got your priorities straight. After all, an ugly dog hanging out the window of a car is certainly more important to the future of our country than something as innocent as official misconduct.
The question seems to be what office is the misconduct in? -Brian