The LA Times has written a story, ‘Throw the Bums Out‘ denoting the growing intolerance on the part of the populous for corrupt or incompetent politician. Amongst the examples given is our own Kevin Stufflebean who narrowly survived a recall last May.

Par for the course, Stufflebean continues to blame the recall on imaginary budget constraints that forced him to layoff twenty two road workers without notice and sparked a potentially devastating unfair labor practice complaint against the County.

The recall campaign in Coos County was sparked last year after the three-member board of commissioners cut the county’s 40-person roads department by 55%. The board had to reduce its $4-million budget by a quarter…”It wasn’t like I wanted to cut those jobs. But that didn’t matter,” said Stufflebean, who oversaw transportation issues for the board.

Stufflebean even repeats claims of harassment and abuse.

Residents drove by Stufflebean’s home, taking pictures of him and his family and posting the images online along with nasty comments. His wife was yelled at while grocery shopping. His son, who attends high school with the children of some of the laid-off county road workers, tried to shrug off criticism about his father.

The most interesting claim, however, regards his personal savings and the recall and his bankruptcy.

The campaign against the recall drained his savings. He and his wife recently filed for bankruptcy.

If Stufflebean did, in fact, use savings to finance the recall then he should have reported the contribution and the expenditure with OreStar. As we have previously reported it appears he did not, in violation of public campaign finance laws.

Probably, the bankruptcy court trustee would be interested in knowing that he diverted assets to a recall election rather than paying his creditors less than six months before filing bankruptcy.

Then again, maybe Kevin is just making all that up about spending his own money to save his job… trying to save face, perhaps. What do you think?