{"id":141,"date":"2007-01-24T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2007-01-25T01:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/archives\/141"},"modified":"2007-01-24T21:10:12","modified_gmt":"2007-01-25T01:10:12","slug":"wilkerson-rides-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/wilkerson-rides-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilkerson Rides Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Globe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/politics\/candidates\/articles\/2007\/01\/24\/26_of_27_wilkerson_bills_are_filed_late\/\">has another story<\/a> about the woman who&#8217;s never seen a deadline that she can&#8217;t miss.  Senator Dianne Wilkerson&#8217;s legislative agenda is on hold because she failed to file her proposed bills with the clerk on time.  If I was one of her constituents, I&#8217;d be ticked &#8211; but that would be old news. Reviewing a few high points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 2006: The Office of Campaign Finance (OCPF) referred her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2006\/11\/15\/wilkerson_case_referred_to_attorney_general\/\">2003 and 2004 campaign finance filings<\/a> to the state attorney general for prosecution. This happened on November 1, before election day, but was only reported on November 15th, after she had been re-elected.<\/li>\n<li>June 2006: She <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/politics\/candidates\/articles\/2006\/09\/26\/more_money_woes_rock_wilkerson\/\">fails to appear in court<\/a> to respond to a suit filed by her condo association for failing to pay her bills.  The court rules against her &#8211; but the case is kept in the judge&#8217;s office for three months, not released until September, <strong>after<\/strong> she survives a write-in campaign (see May 2006).<\/li>\n<li>May 2006: She <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2006\/05\/08\/wilkerson_fails_signature_hurdle_for_democratic_primary_ballot\/\">misses the deadline<\/a> to file her signature petition to get herself on the ballot for re-election.  She decides to run a write-in campaign to retain her seat.<\/li>\n<li>2005: The Office of Campaign Finance (OCPF) referred her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2006\/11\/15\/wilkerson_case_referred_to_attorney_general\/\">2000 and 2001 campaign finance filings<\/a> to the state attorney general for prosecution.<\/li>\n<li>2001: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonmagazine.com\/articles\/is_this_woman_paranoid_or_are_people_really_out_to_get_her\">Fails to disclose $20,000 in income<\/a> from consulting.<\/li>\n<li>1998: As part of a deal with the OCPF regarding questionable expenditures, agrees to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/ocpf\/wilkersonpr905.pdf\">pay an $11,500 fine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>1998: serves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/massachusetts\/articles\/2006\/05\/08\/wilkerson_fails_signature_hurdle_for_democratic_primary_ballot\/\">6 months of house arrest<\/a> as part of a guilty plea to tax charges for the years 1991-94.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can only imagine that her constituents see something in her that I&#8217;m unable to perceive.  It is easy for me to understand making a mistake and learning from it.  But if I had been investigated by the OCPF, I would bend over backwards to make sure there wasn&#8217;t a whiff of a controversy going forward.  I can&#8217;t imagine putting myself in a position where I got investigated for 5 different years.  To me, that demonstrates that she is simply unable to meet the basic requirements of her job &#8211; like filing bills on time.<\/p>\n<p>At least she&#8217;s not a <a href=\"https:\/\/dandunn.org\/blog\/archives\/127\">felon<\/a>, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Globe has another story about the woman who&#8217;s never seen a deadline that she can&#8217;t miss. Senator Dianne Wilkerson&#8217;s legislative agenda is on hold because she failed to file her proposed bills with the clerk on time. If I was one of her constituents, I&#8217;d be ticked &#8211; but that would be old news. 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