( – promoted by Sue Prent)
The VT Democratic Party chair has made it official. In a strongly worded statement, Judy Bevins has called for State Auditor Tom Salmon’s resignation, remarking that Salmon’s primary activity is staying in the news while serving his own interests rather than fellow Vermonters & has accomplished little else:
“It’s clear that Tom Salmon is only interested serving one Vermonter – Tom Salmon. As Auditor, his only accomplishment has been his ability to stay in the news, while accomplishing remarkably little. From his publicity-stunt party switch, to his erratic behavior in the press and now this, Tom Salmon may think he was elected to improve his own political standing”[..]
http://vtdigger.org/2011/03/04…
We do not need a politician using his office and the people he has sworn to serve as a mere stepping stone. Had his goals been made clear that he would begin campaigning upon beginning his second term, I’m unsure if he would have won his bid. It is my hope that he will do the right thing & step down for the sake of VT & residents, as the VDP chair is recommending:
“I ask Auditor Salmon to heed my words and resign from office immediately.”
Not holding my breath.
Salmon strikes again
Following a flurry of political activity, including staged media events & several op-eds delivered to VT media outlets in the space of only a few short months Auditor Salmon has been quite busy, but unfortunately as his activity shows, not necessarily in the capacity of his job as State Auditor.
The present situation has evolved one week after yet another mangled masterpiece delivered to VT media, this time I have only seen it published in The Manchester Journal, Newport Daily Express & VTDigger. I have not seen it in any major news outlets. A commenter asked when VTDigger was going to stop supplying Salmon with free campaign ads. Perhaps the others have caught on.
True to his erratic, disjointed, hard-to-follow style, once again he quotes a famous political figure, reaching high, RFK no doubt. Oddly, using a speech which as far as I can tell fails to connect the other points he makes, if they can be called that.
Launching into an attack on the goals & objectives the majority of Vermonters as well as the Shumlin administration seem to consider of utmost importance:
“In Vermont, leaders seek a go-it-alone healthcare system, public records agenda in the name of transparency, an emotional push to shut down a safe and reliable nuclear plant”[..]
Veering in another direction, arriving here:
[..]”and continued lip service to improving student success. A February 11, 2011 editorial in a major VT newspaper asked “What do we want our schools to be?”
After totally mischaracterizing governor Shumlin’s work assistance initiative, or displaying his complete ignorance thereof & turning it into an indictment of VT education system:
“Why does the current Governor have to team up with our State Colleges to teach “Teamwork, communications, work ethic, showing up to work on time, working a full day, basic computer skills, the ability to read and gather information, and some essential math skills”?
Further blame-gaming VT education system:
“A sad day for me, as a former teacher, is to bump into a former student that at age 20 has no skills, no plan, and no confidence.”
And ending with more of his lame advice:
“Perhaps it is time to measure what we want to achieve.”
As if no one but he has thought of or is doing this.
http://vtdigger.org/2011/02/25…
And as the VDP chair notes, he once again shows himself to be woefully out of touch with Vermonters:
“The fact that Auditor Salmon would seek to oust such a leader for our state shows just how out of touch he is with Vermonters and the needs of our state.”
http://vtdigger.org/2011/03/04/vdp-salmon-puts-vermonters-on-backburner-in-bid-for-senate/
Sounds like Salmon thinks the primaries are this August. Jesus. Now, imagine when Lauzon jumps in, for whatever he’s after. Two morons–Darryl & Darryl. Shit, don’t the Repubs have at least one Larry? I advocate a Wisconsin style event for Salmon. Let’s occupy his office as a public service to see if he’s actually doing any work for the people of Vermont.
He’s already resigned from the job–why should he get paid?
Watch a clip of Charlie recently and you can’t help but be reminded of our own Tommy boy. “You people don’t think like Tommy boy. It’s my Salmon brain. I have powers you will never understand. I am the Salmon king, I can do anything”.
Since it’s clear Salmon doesn’t actually do any work and sees his job as a sinecure from which to launch candidacy to another public office, just what does he do?
If Salmon doesn’t actually do his job, can his pay be docked, or shifted to another agency that actually could use it, or something?
and paraphrasing here – that he could be Governor ‘tomorrow’ with the right team assembled and at his side. Any sign of such a team assembled for the glide path to U.S. Senator? Any Spider Man – Wonder Woman sightings perhaps? Just asking.