Loook What Hatched!

From today's Delco Times. Election: Clifton Heights council president is off ballot

Council President Jim Salmon, a Republican, announced Monday he is removing himself as a candidate in the upcoming November election citing a conflict with the Hatch Act.

The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from participating in partisan campaign activities. Salmon is a performance assessment representative for the U.S. Department of Defense, and has worked for the government for 30 years in various positions.

Salmon denies any wrongdoing (who ever admits to wrong doing these days?), but still he removed himself and cited the Hatch Act. I'd call that "Hatched".

When the fox is in charge of the hen house, the condition and count of all the eggs are in question.

It Looks Like Another Rotten GOP Egg Is about to Hatch!

The Hatch Act of 1939 was originally known as An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities.

For the Delco GOP, "Pernicious", "Political" and "Pervasive" are old friends, and "Prevent" is an orphan.

"Prevent" is available for Adoption with David Landau, Ann O'Keefe and John Innelli as its new guardians. There's some paperwork that still has to be filled out on Tuesday November 6th by about 100,000 voters.

In the meantime:

On Wednesday, David Landau, Candidate for Delaware
County Council will join the Democratic candidates of Upper Darby and
Clifton Heights to call for the investigation of government employees in
violation of the Federal Hatch Act.

The Clifton Heights Democratic Party has asked for Jim Salmon, Republican
Clifton Heights Borough Council Member, to step down citing the Federal
Hatch Act as the grounds for his resignation. Further inquiries by the
David Landau campaign have uncovered several high-level County employees
currently in violation.

Wednesday's press conference will call for an immediate investigation
into all county employees currently violating the Hatch Act.


WHERE: Upper Darby Township Building, 100 Garrett Road, Upper Darby, PA

WHEN: Wednesday October 24, 2007 at 1:00 PM

[Are any of the candidates planning to build or expand the prison? It could get mighty crowded after 30 years of monopoly rule.]