More disturbing news continues to trickle in regarding former Fraters Libertas endorsee for Ramsey County District 3 Soil and Water Conservation Supervisor (pant pant) Jill Wilkinson. According to the Pioneer Press:
Libertarian Party officials say they believe criminal charges may be filed soon against their former treasurer, who they say has taken thousands of dollars of party funds.
Jill Wilkinson, 44, of St. Paul also is a candidate for the Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation Board.
"We're at the point where we have calculated the final tally," state party chairman Ron Helwig said. "It's about $12,000. She was treasurer and actually one of our best workers, and a good volunteer."
Which shows nothing improves the performance of a "volunteer" than 12 grand in compensation, fraudulent though it may have been.
I do have to question the timing of this story, breaking only now in both the Pioneer Press and Star Tribune, a mere week before the election. I wonder, could all of this simply be the October surprise we've been warned that incumbent Ramsey County District 3 Soil and Water Supervisor Marj Ebensteiner was going to spring? Ebensteiner is DFL endorsed and you know how those people are when it comes to manipulating the press in order to win elections.
This Wilkinson theft story is actually old news. Way, way, way back in late September, the Libertarian Party newsletter already covered this story, with the addition of a few more details:
The theft came to light when the party got an eviction notice from the owner of LP headquarters, who said the rent hadn't been paid in three months, [State Chair Ron] Helwig said.
Treasurer Jill Wilkinson had held the position for a little over a year. Her husband, Colin Wilkinson, was a member of the state executive committee and has also resigned. He showed up at an executive committee meeting Aug. 9 and read his wife's statement in which she admitted her guilt, Helwig said. He also agreed to pay back the money, at $400 per month, and has already paid the $3,000 in past-due rent, so the LP won't be evicted.
... Jill Wilkinson says her daughter and members of a gang have been extorting money from her with threats of violence.
I don't know what's more pathetic, Wilkinson's claim that her fraud was motivated by an extortion attempt by her own daughter. Or that there's a gang in Minnesota hoping to get rich by shaking down the Libertarian Party. What's next for them, muscling in on the lucrative Socialist Equality Party action?
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