What is good for the goose, must be good for the gander

I remember a case where two people were prosecuted for alleging to insurance authorities that certain property was destroyed by a lightning.

Individuals were charged with a felony and were eventually convicted on a plea deal.

Porter Kirkwood, a judicial candidate, as well as 19 Delaware County Board members, ok'd a "deal" where a county vehicle was written off at scrap value of $350, according to the audit of NYS Comptroller (see my previous blog post for scans of the audit).

The basis of calculation of value was suggested by the County mechanic.

The vehicle were then sold, at that suggested basis, to the county mechanic's brother, and then resold back to the County mechanic, who drove the vehicle (a 2008 Chevrolet Impala), which obviously suggests that the vehicle was far from scrap.

So, telling the government that a lightning destroyed the value of personal property is fraud prosecutable as a felony.

Telling the taxpayer, because of self-interest, that a good vehicle in drivable condition is scrap, selling it as scrap to a relative of County employee who immediately resells it back to the County mechanic who operated as an assessment expert and made the expert pronouncement that the vehicle is not worth more than "scrap" - and immediately starts driving that "scrap" - is not fraud?

Are we all living beyond the looking glass?

Why isn't Porter Kirkwood, the senior County mechanic, his brother and all board members who approved the "deal" are not yet criminally investigated?

Why are Porter Kirkwood and the Board members not being impeached?

Why do we allow the perversity of justice - where Porter Kirkwood who was just caught red-handed in a fraudulent involvement is, instead of being criminally investigated, running for a judicial office and is being endorsed by various parties and public officials?

Why is Richard Northrup, the County District Attorney who failed to prosecute Porter Kirkwood and who accepted an illegal financial arrangement for Richard Northrup's third prosecutor from Porter Kirkwood's client, the County Board, at the time when Porter Kirkwood AND the Board should have been investigated BY RICHARD NORTHRUP for fraud as a result of the recent audit - why is this prosecutor endorsed and allowed to run for public office?

The very same Board that claimed that the illegal financial arrangement where the third prosecutor was supposed to have his or her benefits paid out of conviction fines was supposed to save taxpayers' money, were blatantly stealing taxpayers money by endorsing deals of selling taxpayer-owned good vehicles for scrap and awarding $129.6 MILLION plus $770,000 to unknown vendors without ANY public bidding!

When such public bidding:

(1) could have saved Delaware County taxpayers millions of dollars when only the lowest bid for the best job would be accepted, after the public bidding, and
(2) could have given job to thousands of local vendors of goods and services.

And Porter Kirkwood who ok'ed these shameless deals is now pretending to have integrity for the judicial office?

Vote against Porter Kirkwood!

Vote for Gary Rosa!

And - I suggest that people should start petitioning the New York State Attorney General and the Governor to impeach DA Northrup and County Attorney Porter Kirkwood for their misconduct in office, to appoint special investigators and special prosecutors of their misconduct, to convene a grand jury to hear their cases - and to file complaints with the Attorney Disciplinary committee requesting their disbarment for misconduct.

People in power must abide by and be subject to the same laws as those against whom people in power enforce these same laws.

Otherwise, the concept of the rule of law and of equal protection of laws is a joke.