November 18th, 2008 By Justin Williams
Not Enough Votes? File a Lawsuit to Keep That Seat!
Jeff Korb, the bowtie wearing, abortion bill passing, former county commissioner may not be gone just yet. Despite the fact that voters soundly said they did not want him back in his seat after the November 4 election, he has now filed a lawsuit claiming that Stephen Melcher’s election is not valid.
Korb, through his attorney, claims that Melcher’s candidacy violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits political activities by federal workers. Since Melcher is employed by the Community Action Program of Evansville who receives federal funding, he may be ineligble to serve.
Should Korb’s petition go through, he will get to maintain his seat until a special election can be held to determine a new seat holder.
Sounds like a sore loser to me. Go away, sir.
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anon
November 18, 2008 @ 04:28PM
photoshop a bow tie on the cat please
Justin Williams
November 18, 2008 @ 04:49PM
Done. Great idea.
jim
November 19, 2008 @ 05:55AM
Bennett is in Terre Haute.
I believe Korb’s opponent is/was Steve Melcher.
He may be a sore loser, but he may have a point.
Justin Williams
November 19, 2008 @ 07:58AM
You’re right. I got my names screwy. Thanks for the tip.
Robyn
November 19, 2008 @ 08:02AM
There may be validity in the argument, but why wasn’t it brought up when Melcher announced his candidacy for the office? I mean, Melcher has been at CAPE for 12 years. I just think it’s odd that Korb is bringing this up after the election is over rather then trying to have Melcher discredited before the voting took place.
Justin Williams
November 19, 2008 @ 11:53AM
I think it’s somewhat wishy-washy. To me, the Hatch Act applies to federal employees, not people who work at a private, non-profit that receives federal funding. Seems far stretching if that’s the case.
Jenna
November 19, 2008 @ 02:59PM
agreed with justin’s last statement. All of it.
also, it should’ve been brought up before hand, he knew about it…..maybe he expected to win and it was his back up plan if he didn’t, we all know how sneaky he’s been before. I’m sure he had some reason for not bringing it up prior to the election