I have written ad naseum about Tim Donnelly. He is a fraud. I have made a clear case to prove it. He makes conservatives look like frauds. I have been pretty clear about my disdain for a lot of conservative frauds in office – but Donnelly is in a league of his own.
In my opinion, Donnelly should be in jail for fraud along with Lauren Stephens, his pet Chiahuahua who is also running for Fresno County Supervisor.
In 2013 – Sharon Gilbert of the Examiner sounded the alarm about Tim Donnelly’s plans. She wrote clearly about a contemptible man she knew well:
Donnelly was telling people to vote for Paul Cook, not Gregg Imus. For many, that was perplexing. For those in the know, it was not surprising.
Donnelly’s rationale was simple. He did not like Cook as Cook was a moderate Republican and could walk across the aisle to cut a deal, something Donnelly was incapable of doing. But Cook was also up there in age and has had serious health issues. The thought was that Cook would be in Congress less than ten years and likely only three terms. At the end of three terms, if not sooner, Donnelly could pick off Cook.
Donnelly’s goal was, and is, to be the next CD8 representative. The voters of CD8 are conservative enough to elect a Tim Donnelly as their representative.
I believed Sharon then and Tim Donnelly’s disaster of a guv campaign made it clear that Gilbert had nailed his agenda.
Donnelly is a disaster personally. He owes a ton of people money and had to try to raise a few bucks as his radio show was not cutting the mustard. Lauren Stephens and Tim Donnelly hatched a plan to try a referendum against SB277 – the third referendum Tim Donnelly was involved in.
I wrote about the SB277 “effort” a few times. The bottom line – I believe that Tim Donnelly ripped donors off for as much as $70k. The reports from the effort made it clear that Donnelly did indeed rake in $25k for his radio show, but there was a lot more money unaccounted for. Read More about the SB277 Referendum Scam here and Read more about the SB277 Referendum Scam here.
Sharon Gilbert’s Second Post in 2013 (after former Donnelly Chief of Staff Gregg Imus was defeated for Congress by Paul Cook) was a brutal expose’ of several things I would learn about Tim Donnelly over the last three years both factually and via anecdotal evidence:
The next time Tim is in a public forum, here are some questions to ask him (and demand full answers):
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Why were you in possession of an illegal firearm in an airport?
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Are you allowed to legally register firearms in your name now? Is that a term of probation or are their other reasons? What are those reasons?
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Prior to the airport incident, why were you not allowed to have a firearm registered in your name?
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How many bankruptcies have you filed, either as an individual or as part of a company or partnership?
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How many properties did you or do you own that have gone into foreclosure? In what states?
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Have you been convicted of a felony?
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Have you been taken into protective custody for being a danger to yourself or to others? Have you been subjected to a 72-hour mental health hold?
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What is the story with the strippers? How much debt do you have due to your sexual addiction?
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Why did you refuse to endorse Gregg Imus for Congress?
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Why did you provide the photo of the Imus house in Maine to the Paul Cook campaign?
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What other information about Imus did you (or your wife or thru a friend) did you provide to the Cook campaign?
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Why did you privately tell some of your supporters to vote for Paul Cook?
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When you were at the border, did you ever make racist or threatening remarks?
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When you were at the border, were you ever in possession of a weapon you could not legally possess.
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Have you ever been declined to buy a firearm by a licensed Federal Firearms dealer? When (month and year)?
I personally asked Tim Donnelly if he had a police record, knowing that he had been arrested for a felony in Michigan that he plead down to a misdemeanor. He bald-faced lied to me about having any sort of police record. The media found the misdemeanor during his guv run, but never followed up to find out the rest of the story.
I am also familiar with Tim Donnelly’s personal life, including his habits and his massive personal debt. I only have stories from several people, one of whose businesses failed due in part to Donnelly’s actions. Given that Donnelly lied to me about his police record, and his bizarre personal behavior – I am inclined to believe the stories.
After seeing the scam he ran that screwed the mothers of California out of their chance to overturn the police-state vaccination law, nothing I hear about Donnelly surprises me.
It is my understanding that Paul Cook will demolish Tim Donnelly at the ballot box. Tim Donnelly belongs in an institution, not in any other office. Please, voters of CD08, make him go away.