Time is up for State Board of Elections
Judge Henry Hight used the phrase "arbitrary and capricious" in regard to the maneuver made by the State Board of Elections in its effort to avoid declaring Steve Troxler the winner in the commissioner of agriculture race. The term arbitrary and capricious means that there is an absence of rational connection between the facts found and the decision made.
After Judge Hight, the State Board of Elections made another attempt, one so blatantly partisan that Judge James Spencer called it an illegal end run. He also said that the time for an honest effort was long past due and that the integrity of the electoral system should be restored now.
When is now coming? He made his judgment on Jan. 12. This show has gone on long enough. Steve Troxler should be declared the next commissioner of agriculture.
Meanwhile, we blunder along. Cobb looks more foolish. The Democratic Party loses its moderate members to the Republicans because of the way the Democrats have shown themselves. And because of the way Steve Troxler has been treated, he has gained more favorable free publicity than any candidate could ever have attained commercially.
Don Dillon
Colfax
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Let Troxler get to work. He has won the race and why will Cobb not just step away and let Troxler get to work!
Posted on February 3, 2005 10:16 AM