Friday, February 13, 2009
Law and Order / Legislature / Politics / Woods DA Lets Cobb, Kelsey Off Hook in Legislative Crime Spree
Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Although wiretapping and surveillance statutes do appear to apply in the case, because of the "incomprehensible nature" of the tape's content and the "short amount of time the recorder was used," the case will not be pursued criminally, Mr. Johnson said. "While it appears that Mr. Cobb's actions were in violation of the statute and demonstrated very questionable judgment, under these specific circumstances, I don't think criminal prosecution is the appropriate remedy," Mr. Johnson said. "If there was confidential information that was captured and intelligible, or had the recordings gone on for a longer period of time, the results of our review would have been different regarding possible criminal prosecution."
Cobb claims he did it because he suspected his aide was treating constituents rudely, and he wanted to catch him in the act.
In other news from the desk of Torry Johnson, it's also OK for a state representative to send a text message to try to extort a committee chairmanship out of the House speaker.
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One can only imagine what ridicule you would have heaped upon our local district attorney's office if they had actually decided to prosecute either of these trivial cases. Thankfully, we have (and have had for many years) a grown-up in charge at the courthouse.
By the way, good story on the intra-party squabble over Chip Forrester's salary. Stick to writing about what you know.
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