Some people think I pulled the nickname “Boss Hogg” for John Mauro out of thin air. Well, in far headier times, before CIETC and Creative Visions made membership in the Polk County Democrat Machine a matter of such delicacy, John boasted of his “bossdom”. Consider the following from page 16 of the July 17, 2004 U.S. News & World Report:
Meet the Machine
When you think of Iowa--if you ever think of Iowa--you think of farmers on tractors, cornstalks in the field, and hogs in their pens. You do not think of John Mauro. Mauro, 63, is a small, solidly built man with curly gray hair, a firm handshake, and a ready smile. He wears a gold watch with a thin gold band and dresses very, very well (though he gives full credit to his wife of 41 years, since he is colorblind). He is the unlikeliest of things in this bucolic farm state: a political boss. He does not use that term, though when it came time for him to name his Italian-American political organization, he had a name handy: La Macchina, which is Italian for The Machine. It was his way of saying maybe we really don't have political machines and political bosses in Iowa, but you don't want to mess with me and find out. Mauro, a Polk County supervisor in a state where county supervisors are powerful figures, controls thousands of votes on the sprawling Italian South Side of Des Moines, almost all of them through absentee ballots. Decades ago, it occurred to Mauro that people didn't really like to go out and vote and that if you could make it easy for them, if you could get a ballot mailed to their home and then pick it up from them, that was a guaranteed vote. In the old days, absentee ballots had to be notarized (which meant that few people bothered with the process), but Mauro hadn't built up a successful insurance business by being dumb or lazy. He had an idea, and he and about 25 of his boyhood friends (who would become the nucleus of La Macchina) became notaries and carried the heavy seals around in their pockets as they went door to door collecting absentee ballots. You wanted service? John Mauro would give you service. You could vote without ever getting off your couch. Today in Iowa, getting an absentee ballot notarized is no longer required, which makes Mauro's job even easier.
www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/040719/19point.1_19.htm.
Even the flattering description of machine politics that appears in this U.S. News article provides frightening insight into the means by which the Dems obtain their usual big margin in Polk County. More to the immediate point, the foregoing paragraph is pretty much an admission of everything we’ve been talking about here at The Real Sporer. There is an operation and it permeates everything that happens with your tax dollars in Polk County and the City of Des Moines.
Last week, Boss Hogg Mauro flatly denied using the quote “La Macchina” to describe his operation here in Polk County. So this means Roger Simon either misquoted Mauro, fabricated the quote (we call that a “Dan Rather” here at Real Sporer) or Mauro went down the Archie Brooks route of falsely denying his previous public statements. Maybe Pete Rose will contact Simon and get to the bottom of this dispute?
In any event, this year the voters have an option. The Republicans have a strong candidate in District 3, Wes Enos. A vote for Wes is a vote for open government in Polk County, taking a fresh look at the books and dehydrating the trough at which the Democrat succubae have drunk for the last 58 years.
SWEEP OUT THE COURTHOUSE-VOTE REPUBLICAN!
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So you have hitched your wagon and arguments to the Hit King Pete Rose? I am saddened as a Republican. When are you going to step to the plate and find a Republican for Mauro. Instead of talking big, do some action. Gene Phillips isn't one of us and won't be if elected.
Do us a favor as County Chair and get working on filling out our slate instead of holding hands an whispering sweet nothings to Pete.
Anon 1:44.
Jackass! Sporer has recruited more candidates to run for more local and legislative offices than any of his predecessors.
Did you call and give Sporer or Rebekah some potential candidate names? Were you a potential candidate you was contacted and turned down?
Do you want to do something about the Democrats? Have you showed up at an Enos event, helped Enos door knock or hand out litereature? Have you done anything or just complain?
You're an example of the problem so why don't you stop bitching and start working.
Got the link from State 29.
Good job Sporer.
Assume Hockensmith, Connolly and Phillips win.
Don't you think the horse has left the barn on a Connolly Phillips alliance?
Phillips will have to cooperate with the Rs or face the world of shit that the Dems are surrounded by.
Thank God I nominated Ted Sporer in 2000! It was my great pleasure to introduce him for the chair and he has exceeding all expectations. Years ago we lost every local election and the newspapers ignored us. Now, we are actually going after the Democratic Machine in Polk County.
The Slush Money, Hush Money, and Political Favors are being exposed and now the Democrats are saying anything to go after Ted Sporer and change the discussion.
GO TED!
ROFLMAO!!!!!
What a bunch of delusional mokes! Like things would be any different with a Republican Machine running Polk County.
Anyway, Archie Brooks was noting more than a Republican-in-a-donkey suit, so what's the big deal! And what about the real Republicans on the CIETC board? Didn't they "rubber stamp" Ramona's bonuses too?
You're all just miffed that a Dempublican slut got her hands on that CIETC loot instead of a Republicrat one. As my Marine Corp vet buddy says:"They're ALL corrupt."
Anon 9:33
Actually, the "real Republicans" on the CIETC board were not provided with accurate information-duh! That's why the bushel has landed on the Democrats.
What about the "real Republicans" on the Prairie Meadows board or the Creative Visisions board? Oh, there weren't any.
Who were the real republicans to which 9:33 refers? The only people that got dirty money were democrats.
Exactly how is it that Brooks is a republican in a donkey suit? Huh?
The self-admitted rubber stamp, Vlassis is a democrat.
Secondly, are you saying that corruption is ok because someone else may have done it too or someone else may someday be corrupt too?
Interesting how you reveal your true integrity with that ridiculous big of rationalization.
And finally, the R's don't have a la machina. That's Mauro's story and he's trying not to stick to it.
Hey Mr.Anon
Your Marine buddy was wrong and so are you, putz. One party rule for 56 years has lead to a few power hungry individuals gaming a system THEY helped create. It's a sad situation, but it IS a Democrat problem.
This fall we have a real alternative in Wes Enos. He will be a breath of fresh air as opposed to the stonewall of the current County Board (Think AUDIT. Something you'll never see as long as the D's control the board). Muddy the waters all you want but, if thats all you got, you've got nothing.
So to parphrase, "You('re arguments) have no power here, BE GONE! Before someone drops a house on you."
Who is the Hit Man ? I am a common citizen seeking truth from our elected officials. This is NOT a D,R,I,G issue. Anyone, who subscribes to the nonsense of partisanship on this issue is wrong. I simply advocate clean government.
To paraphrase Thomas Burke, " evil can only exist whe good men (people do nothing).
Quit your bashing and start voting!
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