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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:25 AM
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The open illegal activity in Allucha - You're not going to believe it
Florida House of Representatives candidate Charlie Grapski openly taped someone to after he filed a lawsuit alleging voting fraud and they have arrested him for illegal wire tapping!!!


http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Florida_House_candidate_to_face_litany_0612.html

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In an exclusive interview with Florida House of Representatives candidate Charlie Grapski - arrested after he filed a lawsuit alleging voting fraud against Alachua County City Manager Clovis Watson, RAW STORY learns of corruption allegations that can only be described as not seen since the days of Boss Tweed.

Charlie Grapski, a Democrat running for the Florida House of Representatives, was arrested in April after filing a lawsuit alleging that City officials abused power and influenced the outcome of an election by manipulating the absentee voting process. The story, however, does not start or end with election fraud allegations. What Grapski tells is a tale that one cannot imagine occurring in a law abiding country, one of false arrest, intimidation, and a crony-business system all centered around money interests.

Clovis Watson is not only the City Manager of Alachua county and, as such, the defendant in Grapski’s lawsuit, he is also the Police Commissioner of Alchua, Florida, a town dominated by the Republican Party and pro-development Democrats. Watson, one website alleges, is funded by the Alachua County Republican Party, and declined to accept the Democrat of the Year Award because he is planning a switch to the Republican Party. The site also takes aim at Grapski.

According to Grapski, “Clovis Watson filed a sworn complaint as a police officer himself, and as City Manager he was the aggrieved party. As Police Commissioner, he was his own boss and accepted the sworn complaint from himself--and then instructed his subordinates on the police force to have me arrested.”

Now, RAW STORY has learned, the Sheriff’s office has announced that additional charges, including felony wiretapping, will be filed against Grapski and Michael Canney, a Green Party member who witnessed and videotaped Grapski’s efforts to obtain public records.

In this exclusive interview with RAW STORY on June 11, 2006, Grapski reveals startling details of his situation and updates regarding an election outcome allegedly changed by absentee ballot manipulation. He also levels serious allegations of abuse of power by public officials, including officials linked to President George W. Bush's brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

Raw Story’s Miriam Raftery: What was your background before you decided to run for public office?
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-09-06 06:12 PM
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1. Thanks for posting this. I have posted it many times to get attention
to it. It got completely ignored here.

I will see if I can find some of the stuff I posted.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-09-06 06:14 PM
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2. Here's one post I did with links..
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