The previous post ("Ethics noose tightening") brought us up to date on the happenings in the Deal-Kahlman-LaBerge saga involving investigation of Gov. Deal's ethical violations and his attempt to strong-arm the ethics commission through pressure on two successive executive directors.
Here, I'm going to speculate about what Holly LaBerge might do. She was the hand-picked replacement who, it seems pretty obvious, the Deal team thought would make the charges go away. And the charges did more or less go away -- reduced to a small fine for technical reporting irregularities.
Now LaBerge has been slapped with a personal $10,000 fine for failing to disclose her memo about Deal's aides trying to pressure her. Her attorney says he will appeal.
But I've been wondering for some time if she might do more than that. Monetarily, it is the taxpayers who must pay the more than $2 million judgment in the several whistle-blower cases. Taxpayers will also pick up the $10,000 fine imposed on the Attorney General's office, also for withholding the memo.
In having to pay her $10,000 fine personally, LaBerge is the one left holding the bag for the whole Deal coverup of abuse of power. Why should she?
I would think that she may have more than this memo that she could reveal, which would at least hurt Governor Deal politically, if not result in actual criminal charges -- like those levied against Gov. Rick Perry in Texas.
Sing, Holly, sing !!!
Ralph
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