Fairfax County Slams Vienna Officials in Email
"...the inside game that is Vienna Town politics looks pretty shabby in print."
- Chairman of the Fairfax County Electoral Board, May 7, 2007The recent Washington Post article on the May election revealed the Vienna power structure for what it is: corrupt. Following that Washington Post Article emails were exchanged among Fairfax County electoral board leaders about the nature of Vienna politics.
1. The Chairman of the Electoral Board Robert Sparks writes to the Secretary of the Electoral Board Margaret K. Luca about the Washington Post article (READ: PDF).
2. A day later Brian Trompeter is asking about the Vienna election and the Chairman of the Electoral Board Robert Sparks writes to the Secretary of the Electoral Board Margaret K. Luca again (READ: PDF).
3. Then after Deborah Brehony requested to appear before the Electoral Board at their June meeting, the Chairman of the Electoral Board Robert Sparks writes to the Secretary of the Electoral Board Margaret K. Luca yet again (READ: PDF).
The County is clearly disgusted with Vienna politics.
So are we. ...Those silly challengers and their sour grapes.
PS. This document (PDF) is the exchange between the Vienna Town Clerk and County officials about how the selection process went down. The 2006 reference is a typo.
Comments
I sent an e-mail a while back to Queen Jane, suggesting that she should pay my share of any lawsuit that might arise from all of this. In reply, I received a terse letter (probably written by the Town Attorney) passing the buck of responsibility for Town elections to the County. While the County is responsible for Town elections, Queen Jane neglected to mention the cozy little arrangement allowing Vienna to vet its election officers, something never done in Herndon--for example.
Posted by: Pontific8tor | May 22, 2007 02:33 PM
Here is more PDF.
Posted by: Historic Vienna | May 22, 2007 02:43 PM
Could not help but chuckle when Sparks says dealing with the Sun Gazette's Brian Trompeter will be child's play.
Posted by: Historic Vienna | May 22, 2007 04:58 PM
"Regina Jordan, chief, called and said she is upset with the article."
Regina, TOV citizens are upset that the voting process that was run like a Hoffa teamsters election.
Posted by: Captain Election | May 22, 2007 07:37 PM
TOV blames Fairfax County....
Fairfax County blames TOV.....
Hey, Brian Trompeter, I see a story! Stop writing TOV fluff articles and crying about the "tone" of this website and do some real reporting.
Posted by: Child @ Play | May 22, 2007 07:48 PM
Hey, you guys are complaining over nothing. This is the way we have run elections in Vienna for years, so stop complaining.
Posted by: The Mayor (Not of Vienna, of Course) | May 23, 2007 07:16 AM
How's that for normalcy, Maud! First decay, then pain. Anything normal after that is false. The council {...]s say 'sour grapes'... the election authority says 'the Town's inside political game is pretty shabby'... not unlike most of the Town's commercial district. Shabby should not be normal, Vienna... VOTE!
Posted by: Town Green | May 23, 2007 08:55 AM
forget Trompeter. be sure Bill Turque at the Wash Post is aware of the continuing story.
Posted by: political junkie | May 23, 2007 09:25 AM
Regina Jordan, the Vienna Election Chief who was complaining in the emails above, has had that role for it looks like 20 years! Exact details coming.
Posted by: Historic Vienna | May 23, 2007 02:30 PM
I love how Chairman of the Electoral Board Robert Sparks calls dealing with Brian Trompeter "child's play." It appears that even this guy knows that Brian is a simpleton who will do whatever he is told.
Posted by: hahahahahah | May 25, 2007 09:03 AM