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1-Old-Man

(2,667 posts) Wed Jul 4, 2012, 10:31 AM Jul 2012

So, it appears that Romney simply destroyed records of his work a Governor [View all]

John Wonderlich, Policy Director for the Sunlight Foundation, is being interviewd on Cspan and he mentions this about Willard. During his years as Governor Romney used his personal E-mail for government business. That made the records of his transactions his personal property, not the states, and so when he left office he was able to simply destroy all of the records - making them unavailable for freedom of information requests. So the public has no access to records of the public's business. Nice.

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So, it appears that Romney simply destroyed records of his work a Governor [View all] 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 OP

There is much more to this story. Firebrand Gary Jul 2012 #1

That is simply astounding 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 #8

According to some reports evilhime Jul 2012 #16

We need an ad about how trustworthy this guy would be. Skidmore Jul 2012 #25

Scott Walker did that when he left Milwaukee Greybnk48 Jul 2012 #32

...and that's the kind of president he would be.... spanone Jul 2012 #2

In a fair world he'd be in prison for that malaise Jul 2012 #3

In a sane world this alone would be enough to disqualify someone from the presidency NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #4

Aw, Jeez, Don. In a sane world, we'd have a real 2-party system: Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #22

IOKIYAR nt MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #5

Hugs to Manny. nt DCKit Jul 2012 #7

Just another reason why he should not madashelltoo Jul 2012 #6

To Republicans this is the mark of a good President SoutherDem Jul 2012 #9

That shouldn't even be legal! to use your personal e-mail for state business. WI_DEM Jul 2012 #10

This is Nixon on steroids... ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #11

You should re-post this in good reads and perhaps GD even. Lionessa Jul 2012 #12

I'm not sure, but I suspected that it had been posted long ago. ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #18

Never hurts to refresh everyone's memory. Lionessa Jul 2012 #21

OK DONE! n/t ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #23

Excellent, Thank you, and Welcome to DU. Lionessa Jul 2012 #26

Detroit must be a foreign country to Willard.... dtom67 Jul 2012 #24

This should be brought up in the first debate. Kalidurga Jul 2012 #13

Great questions: I've got an idea ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #20

Great idea Kalidurga Jul 2012 #34

Yee of little faith. Here's my first part of the project... ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #37

Ok good on you I submitted my questions. Kalidurga Jul 2012 #39

But somehow... thc420 Jul 2012 #14

Just imagine how transparent his administration would be.... Historic NY Jul 2012 #15

It wasn't government property. citizen blues Jul 2012 #19

Were these private E-mails sent and received on government computers? RC Jul 2012 #29

I'm replying on a government computer....... Historic NY Jul 2012 #36

Well it was his personal email account... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #35

That's how Republicans like to govern ladym55 Jul 2012 #17

He won't release his tax returns aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #27

For those depressed that a dickwad animal abuser corp. hugger could run for the highest office in lonestarnot Jul 2012 #28

Bush did the same or similar as I recall. nt BootinUp Jul 2012 #30

I was about to say, yes, or officials in his admin, I'm thinking including Rove, Cheney, snot Jul 2012 #31

I'm surprised MA didn't have something like that BootinUp Jul 2012 #33

In Illinois officials' personal emails ARE subject to FOIA. davsand Jul 2012 #38