Are you shocked?
Mr. Hare originally had planned to take four weeks of vacation and to campaign at night and on the weekends.
"I don't want to do anything in violation of the House ethics committee," said Mr. Hare, who was chosen this week to replace Rep. Evans, D-Rock Island, on the November ballot. He said he'll submit a resignation letter, taking a week to clean out his desk and reassign cases he was working on before his last day.
Mr. Hare said he had looked through the House Ethics Manual and assumed he could keep his job.
The campaign booklet says that congressional staffers can run for office and still work at their jobs, as long as they campaign on their own time. However, congressional staffers who are candidates to succeed their employers must quit their jobs because of a strong potential of a conflict of interest, according to ethics rules. Another concern is that a congressional campaign takes up a lot of time.So six months into the year after campaiging for the last 60-days, he still has four weeks of vacation left? I need this kind of job. He's already violated the House ethics committee given the recent news that 'he outworked the rest of the field'. Due to the charade of a selection process by which he was appointed, one might suspect that Hare was going to be a 'business-as-usual' guy. It is just astounding that he is so out-front with it. This will matter little to the Democrats of the 17th, nor will the fact that he has little or no aptitude in reading comprehension.
Come on now "assumed he could keep his job", "campaign at night and on the weekends", Good god, man! He must have cheated to get those C's in High School if he thinks everyone is that dumb. Evan's chief of staff was appointed guardian of Lane's estate yesterday. Any bets on when Evans will step down due to "health issues" and appoint Phil Hare to complete his term? Afterall, the man's gotta eat. (The Quincy Pundit)
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"Any bets on when Evans will step down due to "health issues" and appoint Phil Hare to complete his term? Afterall, the man's gotta eat."
Apparently Dave took the same reading classes as Phil Hare. If Evans resigns, there is no appointment to his congressional seat. Since there is less than 180 days left before the November election the seat would remain vacant.
You're an idiot. Have you ever heard of rolling over vacation time? Some people, clearly unlike yourself, work more and don't take every available day off throughout the year that they can. I have a month of vacation days sitting at my disposal, not because I get that many or more per year, but because I work hard and only take a few days off. The rest of my vacation days accumulate and roll over too. Hell, you probably take the day off if you have the sniffles. Develop a work ethic, slacker.
I almost forgot. You proved your idiocy even more of an idiot. There legally could be no appointment since it's too close to the election, and even IF there could be, Evans wouldn't make that appointment. Go learn a little before you post again and remember the old saying, better to keep your mouth shut and let people believe you are an idiot than to open it up and prove it.
ANON 10:36
In the real world you use em or lose. People who don't live in the make believe world of government or union employment aren't idiots, they pay your inflated do nothing salary. Hare has proven he's an idiot right out of the box. He represents, with the same mentality, the entitlement mindset of the do nothing union hack "common man", which I suspect you are part of. Now get back to trolling the blogs to defend this idiot who you most likely depend on for your ridiculous benefit package, idiot.
10:39
Hey, that one you guys actually looked into before making idiots of yourself...and it's apparently made you very angry. Next time you get a Congressman to resign in hopes that one guy can appoint his successor, go learn a little. It'll be less embarassing and not so hard to explain to those pesky voters.
Hare should have resigned after the first forum. Instead, he just shrugs it off and says essentially that he can't read.
Yes, in the real world, there is a maximum number of days allowed to carry over..and I bet he hasn't carried over that many. They are just lazy SOB's. Anywho, he already has the ethics violations down,. he will fit right in.
Your arguments will carry more weight in the future if you brush up on your knowledge of the US Constitution before posting. While vacancies to the US Senate can be filled by appointment until the next election, vacancies in the House of Representatives can only be filled by election.
Making such an error in your posting only undermines any positions or opinions that you are trying to express.
Randall
The process was a shame, appointment or no appointment. It's like pointing out a spelling error and discounting the rest. You might be able to get past it. That doesn't mean main point has lost on the rest of the readers.
Does anyone know where Hare went to high school and whether he get a diploma? If not, did he get a GED?
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