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California Judge Routes Campaign Robocalls Through Colorado
Thomas Hawk writes "Victoria Kolakowski, a current sitting law judge at the California PUC, is running for Alameda Superior Court judge in California. As part of her campaign she is robodialing people in California with a pre-recorded message. The only problem is that in Califorina robodials are actually illegal unless first introduced by a non-recorded natural person who gains consent to play the call. Ironically, the agency set up to protect our privacy and enforce this law, the California PUC, is the very agency where Kolakowski works today. Kolakowski originally apologized for the calls but then later deleted messages on her Facebook account from people objecting to her use of these calls. Now Kolakowski is trying to argue that because 'technically' she is routing her calls through Colorado from outside the state that her robodials are actually legal."
Politician thinks the rules only apply to other people. News at 11.
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Well, now we know who not to vote for...
"You want to know how to help your kids? Leave them the fuck alone." -George Carlin
How stupid is she?
Honestly, It's not so much about the legality of it. It's the negative publicity. These things are illegal because people find them really really irritating. If you're trying to hawk holidays or something then you probably haven't heard of the company in the first place, so even if you go with someone else they haven't lost anything but for a candidate in an election, a vote for the another party is another vote they have to make up for elsewhere.
So are you saying that if the person who fires the gun in is in a different state than Victoria Kolakowski, it's not illegal?
Pfffffttt, Judges are above the law. I hate that!
If you're not in California, start your robodialers!
Contact:
Kolakowski for Judge 2010 (FPPC No. 1324175)
285 Hanover Avenue, #1
Oakland, California 94606-1260
(510) 465-2988
That's the source of zero tolerance for (not really a problem) and tough on (convenient scapegoat). You also get judges becoming corrupt and unethical in ways that would otherwise only apply to legislators and executives. Like this.
you first need the character attribute of massively blind hypocrisy
this applies to the right, and the left
"do as i say, not as i do" must be your highest credo
then you are a guaranteed success
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
They'd get you on Interstate commerce laws. You were part of a conspiracy to transport the bullet across state lines.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Person thinks the rules only apply to other people. News at 11.
Hypocrisy isn't restricted to politics. It's just easier to see in people other than yourself.
Here in AZ, one thing they got right was to appoint judges, which cuts out most of this type of campaigning crap. The list of appointees from which the governor chooses is drawn up by the judicial nominating commission, a bipartisan body that consists of lawyers AND nonlawyers. This allows a consensus to be reached as to who is at least _competent_ enough to be appointed. After 2 years of serving on the bench, judges face a retention election, and every 6 years thereafter they are up for another retention election. Usually, the only time the retention elections receive much public attention is when a judge has gone off the deep end in some respect and faces being dumped by the voters. IANAL, but many law professionals around the country hold the AZ judicial appointment process in very high regard, as it produces quality appointments without most of the partisan garbage present in judicial elections.
We do not need weasels on the bench, or acting as officers of the court in any capacity. This woman is a disgrace to her profession.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
For the last week or two I've frequently received three robocalls a day. I'd say this law's effectiveness is on par with the hands-free laws.
I once took an excursion to Reddit, and later HN. Unlimited up/down voting sucks when dealing with a hive-mind.
I am still trying to understand why anyone seems to think that annoying people with robocalls is the way to garner support from those people.
If they can't even obey the rules of the campaigns, then revoke their right to even run!
Oath breakers SUCK
Judges and law enforcement officials in Canada aren't elected. They're appointed by our elected officials, and I'm more than happy they're focused on their actual jobs and not wasting months every few years shilling for votes based on overblown high profile cases.
Judges cannot be counted on to do there jobs properly if they're worried a controversial decision which upholds the current laws, but is hugely unpopular with the voting public, will cost them their job.
in my past life, I worked for a company responsible for the stuff used to create/implement "touch-tone hell."
When will organizations get a clue - if people don't want to be called, you're only going to piss them off by calling them, and the results will be counter-productive. If you piss me off by making me spend my valuable time going though some poorly designed menu system, only to run into a dead end/disconnect, you can bet that when I do get in touch with a human, I'm going to make sure they get to spend lots of their paid time handling my call.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
I just got a robocall that was not compliant with the law (incoming caller-id blocked, no human intro, no phone number given) "by" Mitt Romney on behalf of Meg Whitman.
The real "Libtards" are the Libertarians!