election contribution public records search ends in creepy?
A few weeks ago my co-worker (bosses wife) told me that she had contributed some money to help fund Barack Obama in the democratic primary. The New York Times online has a link in the Politics section on ‘Contributors’. For curiosity sake, I searched my name but nothing came up in the database. I put in my zip code and saw my neighbors whom had contributed and whom they are “rooting” for. Anyway, I searched my employers name and I saw that my coworker who again is my bosses wife, contributed $260 towards Obama.
Yesterday, I mentioned it in passing she had contributed $260 to Obama and she became startled and upset. She said, “Would you please not look up information about me and if you do, please don’t tell me”. I said, it’s a public record.
She later said that she felt violated and thought it was a creepy thing to do. I am upset that she called me creepy and she’s upset that I had accessed such information.
Am I wrong to search public records or should she crawl back under her rock?
Okay people, I need more input on this. Is it okay to look up people whom you know to see if they contributed to an election campaign?
My bosses wife is going off the wall about this and it’s causing a lot of trouble for me. Who knew she would react this way to public and completely obtainable information. She was/is hysterical and she is causing problems within the business now. I could lose my job.
bribri posted: 27 Nov at 9:47 am
She just needs to get over herself. If she donated that much money she should be proud of it, plus if she is that dumb to not know its public record thats her own fault. She probably just thinks you just went and looked her up like a stalker would do but she is just being nieve
Star 69 posted: 28 Nov at 2:10 am
No, the information is available, but I can see where this might head down the road.
Like having potential employers looking you up to see who you contributed to. Kinda like eployers currently make hiring decisions based on your MySpace page