Boone County voters have to ask themselves whether County Clerk
Brown can be trusted with their important documents. A fundamental question is whether Brown can
be trusted to tell the truth; in addition to lying on a loan application, not
registering his vehicle in Kentucky for seven months, documents mysteriously
disappearing, and his 12 hour workweek, the facts demonstrate that Brown voted
out of his precinct, a Class D Felony.
Brown usually lived with his mother until 2007. He voted
using his mother’s address, voting precinct Florence 13, C136A, in the general
election of November 2008. A year and a
half before that election, on July 26, 2007, Brown had purchased a home in voting
precinct Greenview, B116.
It is unknown in what precinct he voted in the interim; what
matters is that he voted using his mother’s address in the general election of
2008, when it can be demonstrated that he had changed residences. Brown states
that the house he had purchased in July 2007 remained unoccupied until December
2008, that he did not move from his mother’s house until then, and that he
therefore did not commit a felony by voting out of his precinct. However, Brown’s mortgage agreement signed by
Brown on July 26, 2007, provides:
“5. Occupancy, Preservation, Maintenance and
Protection of the Property; Borrower's Loan Application;
Leaseholds. Borrower shall occupy, establish, and use the
Property as Borrower's principal residence within sixty days after the
execution of this Security Instrument”
Brown also took out a
Homeowner’s Policy on the home, effective July 30, 2007; a homeowner’s policy
is valid only if the policy holder resides in the home.
All of the bills one would expect if Brown had moved into his new
home shortly after purchasing it on July 26, 2007, appear to demonstrate that
Brown had in fact moved:
1) Duke Energy instituted gas and electric service in August 2007
2) Boone County Water District opened an account on August 1, 2007
3) Brown made political contributions using his new home address May
3, 2008; the Kentucky Secretary of State contribution detail reports
demonstrate that fact.
He
had made donations to Sal Santoro’s election in 2006 and 2007 using his
mother’s address and was able to vote for him by voting using his mother’s
address. If he had voted using his home
address he would have had Addia Wuchner on the ballot instead.
4) In March of 2007, Brown purchased a Chevrolet Suburban. Although the
seller signed over the title on July 31, 2007, Brown did not complete the
change in title until January 2, 2008 which is a Class A misdemeanor. Brown testified under oath that he continued
to drive the vehicle in the interim with the Georgia license plates. On
the Application for Kentucky Certificate of Title and the Assignment and
Warranty of Title by Owner forms, Brown’s mother’s address had been lined out
and Brown’s new home address inserted prior to filing on January 2, 2008, yet
he says he still lived with his mother on this date.
5) His bank statement demonstrates that at least by October 15, 2008,
he was using his new home address for banking.
6) His
mother’s utility bill dropped considerably in the fall of 2007. Neither his nor his mother’s bills changed at
all in December of 2008, when he claims to have moved out of his mother’s and
into his new home.
Brown claims that he had extensive remodeling done on the new
house. Under oath he stated that he had
the floors replaced and light switches replaced and that it took 18 months for
this to be done. When a further
investigation was done, relatives of Brown’s told the authorities that he
didn’t move into the new home until December of 2008 because they did
“extensive remodeling” that was much more than floors and light switches. There are no permits for this “extensive”
remodeling. There are no receipts for
this remodeling. You would think if you
were doing extensive remodeling you would keep the receipts for tax
purposes. So who’s lying? Was Brown lying under oath when he said he
only had floors and light switches replaced?
Or are family members lying to keep him from being prosecuted for a Class
D Felony because he voted out of his precinct in November of 2008 and possibly
May of 2008. Brown has NO
evidence of any type as to when he moved into his new home, he stated under oath. Quite the contrary. There is plenty of evidence which points to
his having lived at his new home and not at his mother’s in November of
2008. The Attorney General concludes
that they cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt when he moved.
I leave this to you, the voter, to make your own
decision. Is there evidence that Brown’s
word cannot be trusted? Yes. His loan application for his vehicle proves
that. Does all the black and white
evidence show he was living in his home at the time of the election of November
2008? Yes. But when you say you didn’t do it and you
have friends in high places, it seems you may be above the law. He wasn’t prosecuted for committing a Class A
misdemeanor that he admitted under oath to; and he’s not been prosecuted for
committing a Class D felony even though the black and white evidence is
clear.
This is the man who oversees elections for this
county. Scary?
Vote for Ramona Croushore on May 20th to restore honesty and integrity to the County Clerk's office.
