
In the last couple of days I have interviewed with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Racine Journal Times in regard to the Kurt Vlach story we broke here last week. For now I will keep those interviews confidential.
I am not sure if stories will actually run in either paper but I have some thoughts on the matter.
This is not really about Kurt sending nekkid and not quite nekkid pictures of himself around. This goes to the character of the man who thrust himself into control of the Democratic Party in Racine County.
One person asked me hey, nothing he really did was illegal, it might of been against company policies but it was legal. True, but that completely misses the point.
Illegal? No.
Unethical? Yep
Immoral? In my opinion, yes.
Stupid. Absofriginlutely.
When you decide to run for office, you announce. You tell the voters what your platform is and why you would be well suited to the office.
Unless of course you are Kurt Vlach, then you skulk around in the shadows while telling those you are running against how much you like them and respect what they do, while at the same time arranging a quiet behind the scenes takeover essentially rigging the election.
Then you worry that the way you came to power might be contested, so you conspire behind the scenes with the State Chair (who somehow continues to escape scruitiny) about bylaws and such and make a ridiculous demand that the sitting office holders quit now because you have so much work to do. All the while your real belief being if you take charge they could no longer contest the election. (imagine asking a sitting President to resign the day after losing an election and not to wait till the inaugural)
Oh, and remember to give advice on how to take pictures of yourself in the mirror a week prior to said election. (I should post that one maybe, nice black thong Kurt)
Then when you take power, demand that the hard work of people running the web home of your party be taken down and tossed aside like a cheap rug. Just because you don't like the people who have been running it.
And for grins just go ahead and elevate the third vice chair over the first vice chair (because you like him more).
I fully well know that most people do not care about the insider political stuff, they just want me to post more pictures (I might if you ask real nice), but this insider political stuff goes to the core of just what kind of individual is in charge of the Democratic Party here in Racine. Frankly as an admitted rightie I would rather keep him around, with him in charge we can't be beat.
Did Kurt do anything illegal? Nope.
Stupid? Oh Yeah. Scheming? You Bet! Unethical? Without doubt!
So if that is what the Racine County Democratic Party wants for it's leadership, congratulations, that is what you have.
Honestly next year I think the Democrat of the Year should be......
Me.