another thought on "Deal's deal"

There is so much obscurity in the Deal's deal coverup and in their lame defenses, that I don't always see the implications until I get away from it a little bit.

Here are some glaring facts that I didn't focus on at first:

1.  Deal's defense of the calls from his staff focus on whether or not they were threatening Holly LaBerge and the commission.    That tends to obscure the fact that the calls themselves confirm that she was expected to be their "fixer."    And that tends to confirm Stacey Kalberman's charge that she was forced out so they could replace her with someone the Deal team could control.

2.  In fact, LaBerge did in the end fix the case against the governor.   She did just what they wanted:   no public hearing, a negotiated settlement with a slap on the wrist for "technical errors" in filing campaign finance reports, with a mere $3,000+ fine for technical mistakes.

3.  The question now is:    Is Holly LaBerge still on the Deal team?   What if she was a bit naive at first and just jumped at a good job;   now her eyes have been opened and she doesn't want to be part of it.   If that is so, then she could be really hurtful to the Deal deal in testifying before an investigation -- if there ever is one.

   One thing that leans me in that direction:   There was a video clip of a portion of Stacey Kalberman's trial about her firing.    In the clip, a woman who I believe was LaBerge is shown testifying in the witness box.   Then the video skips to the celebration after the Kalberman win -- and it shows this same woman and Kalberman hugging gleefully.    So is LaBerge now siding with the whistleblowers?    I could be wrong about the identities of the witness, but I think I'm not.

Ralph