There is a fascinating article on the front page of this morning's Standard-Examiner, under the eye-popping headline: "Suit seeks to kick Godfrey off ballot." We incorporate the pertinent paragraphs below:
"OGDEN -- Sixty-one plaintiffs have signed on to a lawsuit that seeks to have Mayor Matthew Godfrey's name removed from November's general election ballot because they contend he has failed to register his personal campaign committee with the city....Godfrey of course reportedly contends the lawsuit is entirely without merit, and just dirty politics. And City Attorney Gary Williams makes an interesting point:
"The lawsuit asks the court to declare that Godfrey has violated city code because he has solicited, received and personally spent contributions without registering his personal campaign committee that uses the name People to Re-Elect Matthew Godfrey.
In addition, Mansell has failed to request an examination of all records related to Godfrey's campaign committee as required by municipal statute, the suit says.
The suit also requests an injunction against Mansell, ordering her to remove Godfrey's name from the ballot."
"Neither (mayoral candidate) Van Hooser nor candidates for three city council seats have provided names for their personal committees on financial disclosure forms filed with the city, Williams said.We'll hold off with our own analysis of this development until we've had a chance to thoroughly examine the pleadings, which we just uploaded to our storage site moments ago.
If Godfrey is disqualified based on [this] complaint, all of the other candidates should be disqualified as well."
Those gentle readers who'd also like to peruse the court pleadings and other legal papers, can find the main court documents here.
We're also informed that a supplementary demand has been delivered to City Recorder Mansell, a copy of which can be viewed here.
Climb aboard the WCF-train, gentle readers, and let us know what you think about all this.
