Well, very few of us are saying A-ha! They lied during the campaign and the Sheriff used his position to intimidate some old ladies to protect his and his girlfriends little secret. As John has pointed out, there should still be a paper trail dealing with residency and house swapping. You do fill out an affidavit when you file for office.
I�ve included some links of the articles to jar memories on how we were never duped by their affair and in retrospect, it was a legit question. Eric Mitchell Payne-Phalen Check out the �Lord Fletcher� section http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1197/article11648.asp "I was the victim here," Reiter said http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/7247962.htm And, my all-time favorite: Reiter plans to sue League of Women Voters Jackie Crosby, Star Tribune Published November 14, 2003 After standing on the sidelines for two weeks as controversy surrounding her candidacy for the St. Paul City Council continued to build steam, Kris Reiter held a news conference Wednesday and vowed to fight for her family's name. Reiter, who lost to Lee Helgen in last week's election, announced her intention to sue the St. Paul League of Women Voters and the North End News, sponsors of a candidate forum in which the moderator read a statement that Reiter called "slanderous and defamatory." She also said she will identify and sue the person who submitted the anonymous question, which said she and Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher had a personal relationship. "This is about our name," said Reiter, who is a real estate agent and was seeking to replace her father, the late Jim Reiter, as the council's Fifth Ward representative. "My business is my name." She would not specify details about the suit or whether she is seeking financial damages. Reiter's attorney, Marshall Tanick, was less definite about whether a suit would be filed in the coming days. "We're looking into various options and alternatives, including the potential for litigation," he said. Reiter said that she has hired a handwriting expert and that she is confident she will identify the person who wrote the question. She said that under the Data Practices Act she will obtain additional handwriting samples of reports written by an unnamed deputy sheriff working for the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department. "This deputy, who attended the forum, has a history of showing a lack of integrity," she said. "I am familiar with this deputy's handwriting. . . . I am confident that it is a match." Much of the controversy around the Oct. 29 forum at Arlington High School has centered on Fletcher, who took all of the questions from the moderator and vowed to sue the league if that portion of the forum wasn't edited out of a broadcast scheduled to run on the city's cable television station. The St. Paul Neighborhood Network said it deleted an eight-minute string of questions, which included the one in dispute, because candidates were not asked to respond to them. Earlier this week, Fletcher's political opponents announced plans to launch a petition to recall him as sheriff. Representatives of the DFL and Republican parties also have called for investigations by the county attorney's office and the state Peace Officer's Standards Board. Marion Watson, president of the St. Paul League of Women Voters, called the incident "very regrettable" and said she sent a certified letter to Reiter in which she apologized and asked for the return of the cards. She said Reiter received the letter Nov. 5. Reiter said she believes that the statement was "an orchestrated setup by the League of Women Voters and members of my opponent's campaign." She said the offensive card had a handwritten title placed on top, which suggested that someone had read it closely before passing it on to the moderator. Watson said that questions are sorted by subject and that volunteers often put notes on top to categorize them to avoid repeating similar questions. She said other questions of a personal nature, which she said are not allowed at forums, were removed. "This one was missed," she said. "Unfortunately, it got into the stack." Reiter called for Watson and North End News editor Jane McClure to resign. McClure said she told the board in September that she would step down as editor and continue as a reporter. Watson said she did not intend to resign her yearlong post. Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters is a nonprofit organization that grew out of the women's suffrage movement. Its mission is to encourage citizens' informed and active participation in government. The league does not support or endorse political candidates, but it does take stands on public policy issues. For instance, it supported the creation of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the creation of an independent St. Paul School District, Watson said. Nationally, it fought for civil rights and fair housing legislation. Jackie Crosby is at [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <mailto:> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! 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