A knowledgeable source tells me, and you can verify it yourself because it is all public record, that it was Dahroug surrogates who actually challenged first*. Surrogates of Jimmy's, including at least one former paid staffer, filed "General Objections" with BOE within three days of Foley's filing. (One files "General Objections" within three days and then, if one wishes to pursue those objections, files "Specific Objections" within five days of the first filing, citing your objections line by line.)
Filing "General Objections" isn't all that uncommon. It happens all the time. Jimmy's surrogates did so, but never filed the specifics, either because they couldn't find sufficient objections or because they knew they couldn't win.
None of this is terribly exotic, but it is somewhat disingenuous to put out a release damning your opponent for engaging in activity that your own camp started. If it is "undemocratic" and "underhanded" for your opponent to do it, not to mention a "clear sign of desperation", why is the Dahroug campaign engaging it as well? Is it still "shady" when Dahroug does it?
Just sayin'.
*UPDATE: Jimmy tells me that it was Foley's surrogates who actually filed their General Objections first. Trying to verify this, but until I can, consider the word "first" in that sentence to be inoperative. |
