2007-07-11 Board of Ethics Minutes Regular Session

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very strange things that later she's accused her of. I saw the charges, and I read through them very quickly, and Barbara said that she hadn't done anything for six months about the legislation and the initiatives. But that was Barbara's work — Barbara didn't do anything. I had heard about this $1,000 loan at the time it was made, although I wasn't present at the meeting, but I heard about it right afterwards. Aunty Emily told me that Barbara said don't put my name on it, don't put my name on it, don't put my name on it. I told Emily her name or somebody's name has to be on it. She's given it, and it's a campaign —but she said don't put my name on it. Well, check it out with the Elections Board, with the Campaign Spending Committee, and find out what to do. That was just one example. I mean, she —what I saw was continual setting her up to do things that made her look bad, and made her look bad in the public eye about how she dressed. And a lot of the charges Barbara made went into [inaudible] because she was using the coconut wireless, and she was using a blog, Hunter Bishop's blog, and said terrible, untrue things about Emily —that she was an illiterate [timer goes off to indicate three - minute time limit] —you know, all these very slanderous, she was constantly making very slanderous comments about her, the person she was employed by. Chair: I am going to have to excuse you. If you'd like to take a sentence or two to wrap this up. Peanut: I don't understand the motivation behind this. I've tried to. I've tried to really understand what's caused this. But I have seen from the very beginning that Emily was being set up for disaster and for criticism, and that when Emily finally got to the point where she was comfortable, where she was after six weeks and two months, she knew the ropes, she knew where the ladies room was, she knew what these records were for. Then tension began in the office. Chair: I am going to have to stop you here. Peanut: That's it. That's my testimony. Chair: Thank you very much for coming in. Peanut: And I can answer to specifics if there are any questions. Thank you. Chair: Thank you. Laurie Lloyd- Roberts. Lloyd- Roberts: I am actually not on the list, though, so I don't know —am I allowed Chair: —No, you are not on the witness list. Lloyd- Roberts: I am not on the witness list. Chair: So, this is your opportunity here.