tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post6247281890420507519..comments2023-06-28T03:33:43.953-05:00Comments on Drew's Odds and Sods: The Lastest on Beckerdrewzepmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553144737305430009noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post-10894848995048953032009-12-18T23:20:16.114-06:002009-12-18T23:20:16.114-06:00Perplexio, It's a damn shame that some public ...Perplexio, It's a damn shame that some public officials end up this way. What saddens and sickens me was not only <a href="http://www.doj.state.wi.us/news/files/Becker_Criminal_Complaint.pdf" rel="nofollow">the internet chats,</a> Is what his teenage daughters must think of him.drewzepmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553144737305430009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post-89152551990332642492009-12-18T14:09:51.186-06:002009-12-18T14:09:51.186-06:00When I grew up in the Adirondack region of NY stat...When I grew up in the Adirondack region of NY state. I was a big fan of our state assemblyman, Chris Ortloff. He was a former news anchor for the area's NBC affiliate and won in a landslide victory in 1986. He remained in office for over 20 years. I met him once at a debate in 1992. He was nothing but generous.<br /><br />After he retired from the state assembly he was appointed to the state parole board... and then:<br /><br />"former state Assemblyman Chris Ortloff. He represented the Adirondack region for 20 years as a state Assembly before Gov. George Pataki appointed him to the parole board, of all places, in 2006. While he was deciding the fate of inmates hoping for parole, Ortloff was using the Internet to set up sexual encounters with pre-teen girls. Last year, he was caught in a police sting at an Albany-area hotel where officials found condoms, sex toys and a camera. Ortloff was awaiting what he thought was going to be a meeting with 12-year-old girl and her 11-year-old sister who were to be dropped off by a parent. He has pleaded guilty to a charge of online enticement of minors, but the state Constitution still guarantees Ortloff will receive a pension — in his case, more than $50,000 annually."<br /><br />It turned my stomach and pissed me off. It also really saddened me. I felt a deep betrayal of the public trust when I read about this. He doesn't deserve $50,000/annually. He deserves to rot in jail and to become some bad man's boyfriend.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.com