Hacker News Reader

Comment by s1artibartfast | Hacker News Reader

Can you articulate the personal attachment and motivation? Were they lovers? Was money paid? Some sort of quid pro quo exchange of favors? Do you have anything?

View on HN

>If you were to gamble, what odds would you place on the idea that there was no evidence evidence for the warrant?

I'm getting trolled anyway. The affidavits have been released, they're a joke. Which is why Joel Ensley (recognize that name) revoked the search warrants. Seriously, you don't even seem to know the basics.

> On Friday The Star reported Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey, the prosecutor who will decide whether to bring criminal charges in the investigation, is also the brother-in-law of the business owner whose expiring liquor license helped kick off the firestorm.

Judge Viar served as the County Attorney until she was appointed into her judgeship position. (It would be interesting to know if she disclosed the two DUIs, I have my bets considering one of them is mysteriously missing court records.)

> It’s unclear whether a judicial nominating commission that selected Viar for the magistrate position knew about her arrests and diversion. Members of the commission did not return calls from Eagle and Kansas City Star reporters. She would have been required to disclose both arrests in her application.

>She was never sanctioned by the state’s attorney discipline board and won reelection multiple times as a Republican candidate for Morris County attorney.

Looks like the Mayor just missed the first City Council meeting, in 3.5 years. Surely another coincidence.

God I can't wait for more reporting to come out, it's gonna be so good.

And just in case since this thread seems to be full of people needing things spoon-fed, the cops also raided the single city council person who voted against giving a liquor license, illegally, to someone convicted of DUI.

Oh, and the initial meeting, at Keri Newell's restaurant, that preceded all of this, was illegally conducted:

>The meeting was illegal anyway because, if you’ll refer back to the Police Department’s Facebook post, three members of the Marion County Commission were in attendance. That represents a majority of the five commissioners, which makes it an open meeting. Government meetings in Kansas are governed by what is whimsically called the Kansas Open Meetings Act. It’s a bit ironic because its mostly about when government can close a meeting.

>There's a direct line between her, the court attorney, the owner of the hotel, and Keri Newell.

So the _direction_ connection between the individuals is:

1) The judge was a lawyer before becoming judge, and elected to office.

2) The mayor missed a meeting.

3_ Keri Newell met with the county commissioners.

Dude, learn to read. I highlighted the important bits to make it real easy.

She wasn't even elected into her magistrate position. Holy fuck, I'm done with this useless conversation.

Go back to designing fjords. Law isn't your thing, slartibartfast.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com