Re: Candidate endorsements

[Tim Lohrmann <timlohr@yahoo.com>]

Exactly Sue,  
       I also believe Don Coombs hit the proverbial
nail on the head when he mentioned that it's sometimes
impossible to distinguish between campaigning by
public officials or candidates and "informational"
posts from them. 

We've discussed this before on the list with similar
conclusions. 
Tim Lohrmann


--- Sue Hovey <suehovey@moscow.com> wrote:
> And that is the solution.  I delete anything I don't
> want to read.  Don't we
> all?  This forum is already cluttered (in a positive
> sense) up with all
> sorts of endorsements--of people, ideas, meetings,
> etc--many of which I
> don't care to read, but I just delete them and leave
> them to those who do.
> 
> Sue
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John and Laurie Danahy <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>
> To: Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 8:35 PM
> Subject: Candidate endorsements
> 
> 
> > I would not like to see this forum cluttered up
> with various endorsements
> of
> > any kind.  While discussion of issues is
> important, discussions of
> > candidates will, sooner or later, lead to the type
> of mudslinging that has
> > become so popular in this country.
> >
> > The question and answer format is superb for this
> forum.  We need to find
> > ways to provoke candidate discussion of issues,
> not candidacy. The
> questions
> > that were posed by Bill and others provided a
> glimpse into the thinking
> and
> > pondering that candidates will have to do as
> elected officials.
> >
> > I would like to see the list expand the question
> and answer format used
> this
> > past election.  the questions asked were useful,
> but limited to the
> > perceived issues of a few.  Quite honestly, the
> corridor issue is not on
> my
> > personal top ten list of issues facing the
> city/county/community.  This
> does
> > not mean the corridor issue should not be asked,
> but that we try and put
> > together a more comprehensive questionnaire for
> future elections.
> >
> > I never pay any attention to personal endorsements
> of candidates.  I do
> not
> > vote for or against someone because someone else
> will vote for them.
> While
> > I do not think the list can prohibit such personal
> endorsements, I just
> > delete them.
> >
> > John
> >
> > John and Laurie Danahy
> > jdanahy@turbonet.com
> >
> 
> 


=====

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com