Jennifer Kim Campaign Behind Anonymous Robocalls in Place 3 Race

now all we need (0.00 / 0)

is for Kim to release a statement telling us if she is responsible or not.

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by: colin @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 17:46:19 PM CDT

just to pile on a little... (0.00 / 0)

That "sentence" on the back of the mailer is gibberish. It says that Randi Shade is "the highest paid police and firefighters in the state," thereby making "in seeking their their endorsement" complete nonsense. Doesn't anybody proofread anymore?

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by: davew @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 20:19:43 PM CDT

nah, I think you're reading it wrong (0.00 / 0)

that refers to the Austin police and firefighters (the 'their' from later on).  Although if I was a style Nazi I'd rewrite it to say, "Already the highest paid police and firefighters in the state, in seeking their endorsement Randi Shade..."  It's a little awkward either way, I'd admit.

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by: Kedron Touvell @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 20:34:26 PM CDT

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Sticking to my guns (3.00 / 1)

"Randi Shade" is the subject of the sentence. Therefore, "already the highest paid police and firefighters in the state" is a clause modifying the subject. That's no different, grammatically speaking, than say, conflating the Capitol and a person. "Completed in 1888, Senator Obama said that..."

I knew what the sentence was trying to say. I just thought it was said very badly. For something that should have been thought out very carefully, it wasn't even literate English. I guess that makes me a style Nazi.

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by: davew @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 09:36:13 AM CDT

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If true... (0.00 / 0)

this will sink Kim's campaign.  Anonymous negative robo calls will backfire...big time.  Voters are tired of this nonsense.

If you're gonna attack Randi, a lifelong public servant who served proudly under Ann Richards, at least have the guts to put your campaign's name on the negative robo call.  Hiding behind some anonymous neighbor named "Lisa" is pathetic...and possibly an ethics violation.

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by: Ian @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 20:24:01 PM CDT

Hey (0.00 / 0)

I received a negative attack ad from the Kim campaign. I guess their targeting is either spot on or totally off, because while they did ID a likely voter, they sent it to one in their opponent's friggin' COMMERCIAL.

Ooops.

I'll bring it to the party tomorrow. :-)

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by: kath25 @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 21:41:42 PM CDT

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hey (0.00 / 0)

Is it the same one that's in the new post?

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 22:24:06 PM CDT

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The one and the same! (0.00 / 0)

Damn, destroy my cool party favor. Now so passe. What shall I give to Randi on her birthday now?!  

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by: kath25 @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 23:07:07 PM CDT

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I got it to (0.00 / 0)

And I haven't gotten any political mail for the runoff so I suspect that it was some targeting including the primary voters. My voter history is so messed up from moving it back and forth from Austin and Fredericksburg so it kept getting destroyed. Oh, and Massachusetts as well.  

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Fri May 02, 2008 at 23:19:42 PM CDT

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Kim shows true colors (0.00 / 0)

As if anybody doubted it - it's just about keeping power. She changed from the candidate who said what the developers liked to hear against Dealey to the candidate who says what the Old Money Neighborhood guys like to hear now.

The amazing thing is that the BATPAC crew was dumb enough to buy it. Do you think she's really going to do what you want if she gets re-elected? Dealey, sure; I understand whole-heartedly supporting her if you were of that stripe. I bet she would have done what she promised. But anybody who believes Kim now is just an idiot.

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by: m1ek @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 12:32:17 PM CDT

still waiting (0.00 / 0)

on Kim to deny having placed the calls.

with a simple complaint to the PUC, the Shade campaign (or any other party) can get a full-fledged investigation.

as i recall, the penalties are per call and very heavy.

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by: colin @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 14:13:43 PM CDT

The Shade campaign should be (0.00 / 0)

screaming from the rooftops that the Kim campaign is saying that APD and AFD are overpaid. That's another benefit of this poorly written piece. It wasn't even necessary to the point of the mailer to say that APD and AFD are the highest paid in the state. All it had to say was that a promise of some kind was made. Why even bring up what they're paid? Shade's campaign should be saying that Jennifer Kim doesn't appreciate the police and fire departments and is just bitter (this year's buzzword) because she didn't get their endorsements.

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by: davew @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 14:36:28 PM CDT

perhaps selectively... (0.00 / 0)

but a lot of people in Austin do think public safety is overpaid, so it probably wouldn't help her (Shade) too much.

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by: Kedron Touvell @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 17:32:59 PM CDT

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If this is confirmed (0.00 / 0)

(and it hasn't been, yet), then Kim just lost my vote.  

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by: LSadun @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 15:26:26 PM CDT

in regards to it (0.00 / 0)

The mail has the "paid for by the kim capaign" disclaimer stuff on it (the black on maroon part on the first side) and the calls are from one of Ignite Consulting's robodialers (who is Kim's general consultants/campaign managers).  From there you can make of it what you will.  

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by: Karl-Thomas Musselman @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 17:08:02 PM CDT

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PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT (2.50 / 2)

SUBCHAPTER F. AUTOMATIC DIAL ANNOUNCING DEVICES

Sec. 55.127. CONTENTS OF RECORDED MESSAGE.
(a) A person may not use an automated dial announcing device to make a telephone call in which the device plays a recorded message when the connection is completed unless the recorded message states during the first 30 seconds of the call:
(1) the nature of the call;
(2) the identity of the person, company, or organization making the call; and
(3) the telephone number from which the call is made.

Sec. 55.138. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person owns or operates an automated dial announcing device that the person knows is operating in violation of this subchapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(V.A.C.S. Art. 1446c-0, Sec. 3.657(b).)

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by: J. Crosby @ Sat May 03, 2008 at 15:43:13 PM CDT