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.