The Democrats in Gates must be getting desperate.
Their long-running "Chicken Little" routine doesn't have any traction now that the deficit is being slashed and the 2008 budget has no tax increase. Their latest gambit to get a good headline fell flat, as the Fair Election Committee rejected their flimsy unfair election practice complaint.
The Dems claimed that the GOP ads were misleading in the reference to a Money magazine article touting Gates as the 16th most affordable community in the country. Apparently, the Money article was focused on "North Gates" which is apparently only a little more than half of the Town. Of course, there is no way to determine where "North Gates" actually is. Further, the Fair Campaign Committee correctly ruled that it was nonetheless appropriate for the Gates good government team to take credit for their part in making the area one of the most affordable places in the U.S.
An interesting sidelight came to my attention as I read the Committee's decision. It appears that of all the candidates involved in the matter, only Ralph Esposito had signed the Fair Campaign Pledge. So apparently the Democrats felt free to use the committee to hold the GOP to fair practices, but was unwilling to bind themselves to do so! Wow, what chutzpah!
Its not surprising though. The Democrat's campaigns against Ralph Esposito and the the Republican Town Board members have relied on misrepresentation, distortion, and innuendo. Sue Swanton has been claiming that the financial sky is falling for 5 years. She and her Democrat colleagues have tried to turn the fact that Gates has a budget deficit into a fiscal crisis rivaling the Great Depression.
The fact is that Ralph and the Town Board have handled the difficult situation brought on by Kodak's departure very adeptly. They have managed to maintain vital, quality of life services for Gates' residents while raising taxes on average by less than $200.00/ household since Kodak moved out.
Sue and the Democrats have never offered a serious alternative plan of any kind. I noted today in the paper that Sue's plan for balancing the budget continues to call for "quality circles". Sue needs to update her pop management library. Quality circles went out of vogue about 20 years ago.
I can only hope that two weeks from tomorrow, the residents of Gates will once again see through Swanton's nonsense and opt for Ralph's experience and competence.
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It is very good to hear that the Democrats nonsense was shot down!
Yes. And I particularly like the hypocrisy shown by their using the fair campaign committee without signing on to be bound by it themselves.
I e-mailed the Fair Electin Campaigns committee - but do you have a copy of the ruling?
I'd like to blog something about it, and it sure sounds like grapsing at straws on the Dems' part.
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