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Speaker of the House of Delegates Eileen Filler-Corn and House Clerk Suzette Denslow (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)

Webster v. Filler-Corn

written by Dave Webster October 11, 2020

I now possess the power to eject Eileen Filler-Corn from public office.

Recently House of Delegates Speaker The Honorable Eileen Filler-Corn ordered the removal of the Lee statue and other artifacts from our State Capitol.  I sent her a Virginia Freedom of Information request inquiring who she hired to oversee the removal, how much it cost and where those artifacts are stored.  

Her response, personally signed by her,  was:  “The requested documents do not exist:”

On Friday October 9, 2020, Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland ruled that her response was false and imposed a civil penalty of $500 as well as ordering a partial reimbursement of my legal fees incurred by retaining the services of Virginia Beach Attorney Tim Anderson.

I discovered via a FOIA request served on the Department of General Services that B.R. Howard & Associates, Inc. of Carlisle, Pennsylvania was hired to carry out the removal to the tune of $80,000.  Why Speaker Filler-Corn believes she has the power to order Executive Agencies to expend Virginia taxpayer dollars is anyone’s guess.  I received an anonymous tip that Speaker Filler-Corn controls a secret fund estimated at $2,000,000 and that may be where she got the money to pay for this escapade.  I was unable to confirm the existence of this secret fund.  

So what now?  I believe Speaker Filler-Corn violated the Virginia Public Procurement Act which provides that:  “Any person convicted of a willful violation of any provision of this article shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Upon conviction, any public employee, in addition to any other fine or penalty provided by law, shall forfeit his [or her] employment.” It is true that the DGS has an existing open source contract with B.R. Howard but I don’t believe this entitles Speaker Filler-Corn to ram through any expenditures of Virginia taxpayer dollars she wishes to impose.  The only problem with me asking a Richmond magistrate to swear out an arrest warrant against Speaker Filler-Corn is that I will probably also have to ask for the arrest of House Clerk Suzette Denslow.  Suzette was just following orders so I hesitate to do that.  

Speaker Filler-Corn still refuses to admit where the artifacts from the State Capitol are stored.  I have seen some expressions of disappointment I wasn’t able to do more in this matter.  I hope people understand that the Virginia Freedom of Information Act limits me to ask for existing documents and if Speaker Filler-Corn says the documents do not exist and then evades service of a subpoena there is little I can do. 

God help any Virginian who has to go through what I did just to get simple answers to simple questions. 

Unfortunately, Speaker Filler-Corn is free to use taxpayer money or money from her campaign funds to pay for the civil penalties and attorney’s fees.

I wish to thank Carol J. Bova for providing invaluable assistance in deciphering the documents I examined in this matter.  

Webster v. Filler-Corn was last modified: October 11th, 2020 by Dave Webster
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Dave Webster

Dave Webster is a lifelong resident of Fairfax County and has lived in Herndon since 2004. Dave is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars currently practicing law in Herndon.

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