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Robert H. Carlton

Lawyer - Attorney At Law

Licensed in W.V. & KY .

“Election News”

In General:

Fund raising rules prevent a judicial candidate from knowing who contributed to their campaign, that is why they use a committee, however, a fund raiser can be held for a candidate and the candidate can be present with the donors. Don’t ask how this is consistent with the supposed confidentiality of donations.

INITIAl CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL REPORT FILED

BY THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT MICHAEL THORNSBURY

DONOVAN BECKETT TREASURER REVEALS:

On or About September 7, 2007 before there was any announced candidate to run against Thornsbury, Menis Ketchum an Attorney that regularly practices before Thornsbury, and currently represents a party that has a wrongful death case interest pending before the judge and scheduled for hearing May 19, 2008, held a fund raiser in Huntington for Thornsbury and raised over $40,000 from out of county residents who cannot vote in this county, most of them lawyers.

The initial campaign report filed April 4, 2008 shows around $47,500 in total donations up until the March 29, 2008 reporting date and only around $7500 in county resident donations, with four of those being $1000.00 lawyer donations. No donations are reported after Sept 7, 2007 so nobody reportedly donated for about five months prior to March 29 2008.

This means about 80% of every Thornsbury sign in a yard, is paid for with out of county money, 80% of every radio ad, 80% of every button, 80% of every campaign headquarters, and 80% of every Thornsbury effort, is paid for by out of county residents.

At least two Mingo County Republicans donated $1000.00 each of the Mingo county total and two of the other $1000.00 Mingo county donations actually live in Kentucky with Mingo County P.O. Box addresses. The number of out of county republicans donating can not be easily known.

ANOTHER FEBRUARY 2008 FUNDRAISER FOR THORNSBURY IS NOT LISTED on the initial report but was advertised to be held in Charleston. An amended report was later filed listing the Charleston Jackson Kelly defense firm fundraiser. The eighty percent figure remains the same.

CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET NEWS:

CLEAR DOCKET? Not really

THERE ARE around

250 UNTRIED CIVIL CASES

ON THE MINGO COUNTY

CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET.

Click here

for the actual report of

the committee to elect michael thornsbury

with the donors names and street ADDRESSES removed

before I saw it

Amended Report