2 face charges related to Dillon (Dem Speaker of the MI House) recall attempt

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Source: Detroit Free Press

POSTED: 3:12 P.M. DEC. 23, 2009
2 face charges related to Dillon recall attempt
BY MATT HELMS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Two men have been charged in an investigation of fraudulent signature gathering in a failed recall campaign against Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon, Michigan State Police said today.

State Police said they had been investigating since May 2008 claims of falsified signatures on petitions supporting the recall election in November 2008 and have arrested two men on charges authorized by Attorney General Mike Cox’s office.

Michael Bastianelli, 28, of Westland and Harvey Robinson, 39, of Redford have been arraigned in 16th District Court in Livonia, each on two felony counts of uttering and publishing and violating state election laws on petition gathering.

Trooper Robert Weimer of the State Police metro south post in Taylor said the men faked signatures of people in the Redford Township area who hadn’t signed the petition.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20091223/NEWS06/91223029/1320/2-face-charges-related-to-Dillon-recall-attempt

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When GOPers accuse Dems of election fraud, keep an eye on the accusers.

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1. I'm sure vannity and the propaganda network will be all over this story!

Choke....gafaw...cough....burp.

This will NEVER hit their brain dead "anti-Acorn tea-baggers"....NEVAH!!

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2. Argh...phony teabaggers

Ballotpedia has the backstory of the fringe backlash over Dillon. The anti-tax types wanted to recall Dillon because Dillon supported an income tax hike.

http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Andy_Dillon_recall_%282008%29

Well, I guess that Michigan is full of sensible people after all!

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3. FauxNews would be having an on-air group orgasm if these guys worked for ACORN.

But they're GOPers.

Keep it moving, folks. Nothing to see here. C'mon, keep it moving.