Candidates David Ramadan, Ron Speakman come under fire for residency concerns
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Wednesday, Sep. 7 by Crystal Owens and Matt Vecchio

Two candidates seeking election in November have been thrust under the microscope regarding residency issues.

The Washington Post article on Simpson was a case of bad reporting and circumstance—at best! The report appeared to be done by a new college grad lacking investigative prowess—certainly on the fact-checking end. The writer was not effective in drawing clear and level connections. First, anyone knows that county contracts are awarded by the Contracts Administration office using their protocols—not the Sheriff him/herself. Yet, there was no mention of or comment from the contracts administrator in the article. Second, any time a political candidate accepts a donation from anyone or organization, they are to supposedly know that the funds came from illegitimate means? Linda Tribby commented to the judge at her trial that she was a good citizen because she supported the community (financially, from funds she stole). In the end the Sheriff did the right thing in redistributing it to charity, but when the check shows up, any political candidate deposits it—look at Obama!

Lastly, the party-driven politics at the County level are out of control. It would behoove everyone to dump political parties and go independent (decide on the candidate based on their own merits and community ties)—especially for constitutional offices!

Randy Minchew has some strange sources of donations on his tally. Corporations that don’t appear to exist outside of his donation list, like “Richmond Two Associates”, which ONLY donated to his campaign and has no known industry. Same with “Columbia Three Associates”. Again, no industry known, no other donations. Google it and see if anything comes up. These “donors” are ghosts are donated $26,000.

Nevermind the $42k he got from essentially two real estate/rental companies. Real questionable stuff here.