Peggy West, the Milwaukee County Supervisor Who Didn't Know Arizona Borders Mexico, Faces Charges of Campaign Violations

Sylvia Ortiz: Ticked off at Peggy Romo West

February 22, 2012 - She didn't know where the State of Arizona is two years ago, and now it seems that 12th District Supervisor Milwaukee County Supervisor Peggy Romo West could not find her campaign rules book.

West, running for re-election, is accused by opponent Sylvia Ortiz of campaign violations by allegedly using Milwaukee County employees and vehicles in her campaign efforts. They face off in the spring general election, to be held on April 3, 2012.

Not only that, but Ortiz also criticizes West for  posting about county business on Facebook and Twitter during county board committee meetings.

But wait, there's more! Ortiz also says that there's something fishy about the filing of West's nomination papers at the county Election Commission. "Ortiz claimed that Romo West gained an advantage," reports JSOnline, "because a commission staffer took home some of Romo West’s nomination papers 'to put a rush on analyzing them'." Ortiz is not somebody you want mad at you: She can take the heat, as she proved in a jalapeno eating contest in May, 2011.

Peggy West campaigning: What truck?

A report on Hispanicnewsnetwork's Blog says that Sylvia Ortiz, candidate for 12th Milwaukee County Supervisor District "filed an ethics complaint that could possibily result in criminal charges against current Supervisor Peggy Romo West." The complaint was filed on Monday, February 13.

"Ortiz also filed a complaint with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office," says Hispanicnewsnetwork. "Ortiz is requesting the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to review West actions and documents detailing her postings for possible infractions of the law while in office."

As for the Facebook and Twitter activities, "I am outraged," Ortiz said in a statement as reported by JSOnline. The Ortiz statement said that Peggy West’s social media posts could give her "unlawful advantages" in the campaign. .JSOnline reported that West unfriended Ortiz on Facebook. "Romo West’s personal Twitter page Friday had removed all posts except one sent to her February 7 regarding a fundraiser for Romo West.

Ortiz had apparently been archived West's posts on Twitter and Facebook. According to the Hispanicnewsnetwork report, "Ortiz released West’s compiled documents totaling 183 pages of postings in social media and photos showing West with campaign t-shirt seating inside a Milwaukee County vehicle."

Incredibly, "West posted a photo of herself inside a County truck," reported Hispanicnewsnetwork, "with a Re-elect West campaign t-shirt on September 6, 2011, according to Ortiz."

Perhaps, on reflection, it's not so incredible. After all, Peggy Romo West is the woman who leaped to national fame for not knowing that Arizona borders Mexico. It is documented that she's not terribly bright, and so it should come as no surprise that West would actually post photos of herself wearing a campaign shirt while being given a ride in a County vehicle.

Updated: Milwaukee County Supervisor Unaware Arizona Borders Mexico

Update, Feb. 22, 2012: Please also see "Peggy West, the Milwaukee County Supervisor Who Didn't Know Arizona Borders Mexico, Faces Charges of Campaign Violations"

Geography challenged: Peggy West

She is, perhaps, the dumbest person ever to serve in elected office anywhere in Wisconsin. Perhaps in the entire United States, for that matter. That's Peggy Romo West, 12th District Supervisor on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.

In June, 2010, West said that she could not understand why Arizona has such an issue with immigration, and demonstrated her stunning ignorance of geography to boot. The video (watch it below) is amazing. A possible boycott of Arizona was discussed at the June 24 County Board meeting. Here's a partial transcript of what West said:

"If this was Texas," said West, "which is a state that is directly on the border, with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this, saying that they had a major issue with, you know, undocumented people flooding their borders, I would say, I would, I would have to look twice at this. But this [Arizona] a state that is a ways removed from the border, and, uhm, it just, it doesn't make sense to me, that, when, you Google this subject, if you put in 'Arizona SB1070' that you see a picture of the governor of Arizona meeting with President Obama in May of 2010. If you have direct linkage to the President, there are already National Guard troops on the border, in Arizona..."

West is so ignorant that she doesn't know that Arizona shares a long border with Mexico, and she could not fathom why it is that there are National Guard troops stationed there. Fortunately, Milwaukee County Supervisor Joe Rice straightened her out.

Has Peggy West ever seen a map of Los Estados Unidos? 

"I just wanted to assure my colleague that Arizona does in fact share a border with the country of Mexico," Rice says in the video. The proposed boycott of Arizona was tabled for later discussion. West favors boycotting Arizona, but she clearly has no understanding of the Arizona border issues. Sadly, that's typical for many who favor the boycott.

West spoke of searching for "Arizona SB1070" on Google, yet she apparently never actually read any of the results that Google presented to her. No doubt, she's probably never read SB1070, either. West is apparently aware that National Guard troops are "on the border," but which border did she think they were on? Had West simply searched for "Arizona" on Google, she might have seen the pretty pictures (maps) of Arizona that clearly show it bordering Mexico.

West's website brags that she "has the unique distinction of being the first Latino/Hispanic American to be elected to the Milwaukee County Board." She's probably also the first person to be elected to that body who to be unaware that Arizona shares a border with Mexico, which is especially weird for someone who wears their Latino heritage on their sleeve.

Milwaukee radio station WTMJ 620 AM commented, "It's scary that Peggy West is making decisions that impact on the taxes that those of us in Milwaukee County pay. What's even scarier though is that I'll bet at least eight other members of the County Board agreed with her when she said that Arizona doesn't share a border with Mexico."

Scary indeed, but Democrat and liberal voters just love idiots like West. Think of Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Georgia), the brilliant Democrat who told a Congressional hearing that he feared the island of Guam would capsize if more military personnel were stationed there. Sadly, dimwits such as West and Johnson do not stop the libs from claiming to be intellectually superior to subhuman conservatives.

From the Milwaukee County website: Peggy West was elected 12th District Supervisor in 2004 and, after being reelected in 2008, is serving her second term representing 50,000 residents on Milwaukee's south side. She currently serves as 2nd Vice-Chair on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor West also has the unique distinction of being the first Latino/Hispanic American to be elected to the Milwaukee County Board.... Supervisor West was named the 2004 Hispanic Woman of the Year by UMOS, Inc.

The local Latino/Hispanic Americans must be very proud of her. And why not? She's a genius with an impressive command of current events and an education that's perfect for a government apparatchik:

Supervisor West grew up in Milwaukee and graduated with a degree in Human Services from the Milwaukee Area Technical College. Prior to her election to the Board, Supervisor West worked for 10 years in the human service field.

U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, (R-Arizona), sent a letter to West with some helpful information:  "You will be interested to learn that Arizona does indeed share a border with Mexico," Senator Kyl wrote. "I have enclosed a map for your convenience. I hope you will take the time to actually read the Arizona law before formulating an opinion about it and become familiar with our country's geography and the challenges that our border states face." Kyl, a conservative, had to school liberal Peggy West on 4th grade U.S. geography.

Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of this entire story is this: West serves as a mentor at Notre Dame Middle School. There, she can indoctrinate young minds into her anti-American socialist way of thinking. Just don't ask the kids about geography at Notre Dame.

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