johnson again defending office
Current Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson is an incompetent boob, who can’t keep his own finances straight, much less run an election.
And there he was again Tuesday night, trying to explain computer problems that Hillsborough County experienced. It was a database communications glitch caused by vendor Premiere Election Solutions (formerly known as Diebold). Premiere called a news conference to accept all the blame.
Of course, it was Buddy who chose Premiere, and who completely ignores the fact that Hillsborough was the last county in the state to replace voting equipment.
Johnson has also been accused of using taxpayer money to campaign. He’s been criticized for sticking his name on three county election vans, ostensibly to remind voters of the new paper ballots. Others also complained about him putting his name next to the word “vote” (as in “Vote Buddy Johnson) on official letterhead. Johnson’s office said they want to encourage people to vote. I wonder if 10% turnout is considered a success over at SOE HQ.
A Supervisor of Elections is like an offensive lineman on a football team. You shouldn’t hear anything about the guy unless he screws up. Unfortunately for Buddy, this year we’ve seen his name in the paper more often than Britney.
Tags: buddy johnson, election, election '08, elections, Hillsborough County, incompetence, soe, vote
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August 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I am a visitor,and from reading your blog while here, I definitely don’t care to move to Tampa. I was thinking about it. However, If you people are the “Next Great City” as my host claims, then I wonder what you call not so great City… You have bad, bad government, taxes and insurance that are incorrigible and unfair, plus poor education quality in your schools. So honey buns, I can find lots of other places with sand and sun without all those problems….
August 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
That’s what happens when you vote a straight line ticket, you get idiots like this in office. He might get reelected because the idiots who voted him in could think sticking it to the Dems is worth more than competence in office. Why is this office a partisan one anyway? I’d think the last thing anyone would want is a partisan hack overseeing elections.
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