Tate declares War on the American legal system

What do you think most sane candidates would do if they were indicted for election fraud?

If you answered, think about what is in the best interest of his or her defense. Your name isn't Mark Tate.

No, Mark's campaign first attacked the prosecution as politically motivated.

Let's keep in mind that Matt Britton, the special prosecutor, was appointed by a judge to determine whether to bring the charges.

Then Mark blamed his opponent Jill Holtzman Vogel.

"In an interview on Monday, Tate acknowledged that he had spoken to investigators and suggested that Vogel instigated it."

Tate's minion Kay Gunter falsely attacked the brave citizen who brought the charges to the attention of the state board of elections and Commonwealth's attorney.

Finally and most importantly, Mark is attacking the American justice system. He seems to believe that he is above the law, and anyone who has the audacity to investigate whether he is breaking the law should be the real criminal.

Jill Holtzman Vogel summed up Tate's actions fairly well in the Fauquier Times-Democrat on Tuesday:

"Mark Tate will have a fair trial, and he deserves his day in court," a May 24 written statement from Holtzman Vogel said. "Mark's attacks on me are actually on the ethics and reputation of a special prosecutor, two judges and a grand jury, all of whom have no connection to politics or to my campaign."

More Tate legal problems

Mark Tate, candidate for the 27th state senatorial district, has already been indicted for two felony counts of election fraud and another nine for perjury, but this is likely not the end of his legal dilemma. The evidence of Mark's transgression is on his website, his bumper stickers, and campaign materials. The Fly has reproduced the banner from his website below but with the offending material redacted.

According to the Virginia code (the law), using the Virginia state seal without the governor's permission is illegal. However, Mark hasn't been worried about breaking the law up until now so I don't think he's really going to worry about this crime either. A violation of this statute can result in a fine of not more than $100, or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or both. I hope Mark looks better in stripes than he does in his banner picture!

The Tate campaign is reckless, and if they stumble across the finish line on June 12, the residents of the 27th district can count on one thing, andthat will be a victory by Karen Schultz.

Update: It appears that all of Tate's legal problems have not come to light. I went back and read the Washington Post article from last week and found the following quote:

"Although some of the allegations have not been made public, Plowman wrote in a court document that money that appeared on one campaign spending report seemingly disappeared by the next and that Tate was writing bad checks, among other transgressions."

Although this insect is no lawyer, I believe bouncing checks is a crime if the perpetrator fails to rectify the situation. It will be interesting to see where this case goes from here.

Welcome Aboard!

This is a blog that has been created by a concerned citizen who lives in the 27th Virginia state senate district.

The awful Russ Potts clung to this seat for too long. In his time, he tried to destroy just about every piece of commonsense, conservative legislation that came across his desk. He helped bring down the Republican nominee for governor in 2005. Russ Potts abandoned every Republican friend he ever made, and we are all better off with his passing.

It was beginning to look like things were going to change for the better. Two solidly conservative candidates were running to replace Mr. Potts, but one campaign began to sputter. Mark Tate, former Middleburg vice mayor, filed a series of profoundly confusing campaign finance reports that seemed to be hiding something. First, Tate was fined, but the subsequent reports became even more bizarre.

This conservative voter decided that the stronger candidate had to win. In this case, Jill Holtzman Vogel had stepped aside to allow Mark Tate to receive the nomination in 2003 in the name of conservative unity to defeat Potts, but Mark failed in 2003 and had allowed himself to grow lazy and fat politically over the inverning years. Jill has been running a professional campaign and deserves to win this nomination.

The Fly had taken some time off from his buzzing around the comment sections of various websites, but with Tate's recent indictment and subsequent leave of sanity. The time for action had arrived. Mark's campaign has been blaming everything that moves for his indictment from Jill Holtzman Vogel to the prosecutor to the special prosecutor to even Ed Gillespie chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

The Fly will exposing the truth over the coming weeks. We don't have much time left because the primary is on June 12th so let's get started with a little dose of the truth.