Robert,
You raise a good point, one that I've made a number of times on this list, and I
kindly suggest that you ask Brother Shane's people to do the same thing. I have a
number of close friends in the 3rd ward (one of which even grew up with Shane) who
have told me the same thing that (I have also heard first hand from supporters),
you're saying has been coming from Shane's campaign, saying that he and Valdis are the
only leading candidates, that Don's a nice guy this, etc. If you want to things to be
fair and clean, I think you have to also exemplify it as well.
More to the point, I think there's a big difference between what you're saying and
some of the outright slander that Don's campaign has been subjected to. Anytime you
have an election, people ask the questions of "What about your competitor_________?"
or "why are you better than _____________". I think it's a lot friendlier if people
are actually acknowledging their competitors like your posts mentions, instead of out
an out attacking. This should be kept friendly, but then that means that everyone has
to be consistent with this ethic. More to the point, I really don't think that two
good candidates like Shane and Don or their campaigns should be at odds. They and
their supporters should be working together and sticking up for the same principles
all the way around. When they unscrupulous question about legal trouble was posed at
the first candidate forum, not only did I make an issue about how bad it was, but more
importantly, many of the candidates such as Valdis stood up and voice their object
right at the forum.
That's the kind of campaiging that we need. People voicing their differences, but
also standing up to call question to unethical practices such as that. Let's keep
focussed on the goal......the betterment of the 3rd Ward.
Jonathan Palmer
Victory
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