Wrong again Hiram, the CFB ruled that BOTH were running for governor.

“In addition, Chris Coleman has nothing to celebrate: the Board said Coleman was a candidate and he needs to disclose his personal expenditures,”

They did rule that, by the way, but they did that on their own initiative. Although that issue was discussed on this board, it wasn’t an issue the complaint raised with the board.

Basically, the CFB ruled that Coleman wasn’t running for governor and that Rybak was, which strikes me as a compromise decision. With respect to Rybak, the CFB made their decision on the basis of the survey. As Chile reminded me, I had previously commented on that issue, and looking back on what I said then, I think my questions I raised then still address significant issues.

From the CFB’s decision, simply sending out a survey statewide is not enough to prove candidacy. What mattered to the CFB, or at least what they said mattered, were the questions themselves which they felt were intended to advance a run for governor. Taken at face value, I think the CFB’s decision on that issue was disputable for some of the issues I raised previously, basically that lots of people issue surveys who aren’t running for governor. But just beneath the surface of the CFB’s opinion, I sense an irritation with a candidate who crafted his survey in a way they felt was intended to be deceptive, and that the CFB’s rejection of Rybak’s argument was a statement that they were not going to allow themselves to be played for fools.

In addition, these two are complete clowns.