Vermont Admits It Miscounted Dean Papers – Arrggghhhh!

File this one away under “yet another kick in the gut.”  It seems that when Howard Dean left the office of Governor of Vermont, he actually sealed FAR FEWER records than his predecessors had.  Well, gee, I guess it doesn't really matter since this wasn't really a campaign issue or anything. . . .

Dean said not to seal as many documents
AP Report in Seattle Post-Intelligencer

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A record-keeping error dramatically inflated the number of documents Howard Dean sealed when he stepped down as governor of Vermont last year, state officials said Friday.

The sealing of Dean's papers for 10 years became a major issue in his presidential campaign as reporters and opponents continually questioned the candidate on why he sealed so many papers for so long.

A revised count shows that Dean sealed 93 of the 283 boxes he gave the state when he left office, meaning he sealed 32 percent of his papers, a figure that is significantly less than his two most recent predecessors'.

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