Worley in Review

Despite one Democratic Party blogger's delusional assessment of Nancy Worley's (D-Alabama) performance in office, it's good to know that not all Democrats operate under the same misperception.

On 5 July 2005, "JCH" posted a piece on the blog "Bamacrat" that said this:

"I thought we'd seen the last of Nancy Worley for awhile, but I should have known better. Worley has become the election dictator for the state. Alabama is working to become compliant with the federal Help America Vote Act which requires the state to do some updating of its voting system. Disregarding a unanimous recommendation from a 24 member advisory committee, Worley decided to choose the Diebold system over the committee's recommendation – which included an Alabama based company. Worley's defense is that the Diebold happened to be the lowest bidder.

"That's odd; money didn't seem to matter when Worley decided to buy a top of the line Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition over the Ford Taurus."

Then we also have Kristopher, at the blog "The World Around You," who shared these thoughts earlier this year and last:

"Legislators want to address the problems with the Secretary of State by stripping her authority over [boards of registrars]. This makes no sense, and I'm glad the probate judges came out against it. The problem is with Nancy Worley, not the structure of the Secretary of State's office. Worley has found ways to mess up in the SOS office that no one even knew existed. She was ill-qualified for the job and needs to be gone in 2006, but the solution is not to remove responsibilities that rightfully belong in that office." [18 February 2005]

"Secretary of State Nancy Worley is one of the more incompetent public officials I have seen in my time in Alabama. She makes more news for bonehead decisions than a Secretary of State ever should." [6 January 2005]

"I understand that things can stressful in that office this time of year, but I get the impression that Nancy is not a particularly pleasant person to work under." [24 October 2004]

"Ms. Worley seems to be a power addict. She's trying to make the Secretary of State's office much grander in scale than it is. A good Secretary of State should be seen and not heard, much of her duties focus on ensuring that elections are run correctly and campaign finance reporting. Making the paper every other week is not a good thing." [21 November 2003]

Perhaps the blogger Lee P., on 14 April 2005, had it right on "A Bama Blog":

"Depending on the day of the week, Worley has blamed attempts to take away her authority on racism, Republican partisanship, personal attacks by people who aren't willing to work hard, and personality conflicts with "touchy-feely" registrars.

"Mrs. Worley seems a little uptight...maybe she needs to take a little time off and curl up with a good book ."