Tuesday, October 27, 2009

It's On!

Bill's letter to the editor - The local paper usually prints most letters they get as they are always looking for content. I will post a link if they print it.

If you use twitter follow cantonmuckraker to get the latest muck.

Dear Editor,

I have been informed by City Hall that City Council candidates Austin Flint, Bill Staab and Amy Turcotte did not submit their campaign disclosure forms by the required deadline of 5 PM on Monday, October 26, 2009. From speaking with the candidates who did honor this deadline; John Beresford, Bill Bryan and Bob Rush, the form is simple and easy to complete. How can we trust these candidates to tackle the very significant and complicated problems facing the City of Canton if they can not complete a simple form by the state mandated deadline? It is even more concerning to think they purposelly delayed their disclosure forms to conceal who made financial contributions to their campaigns. At a time when trust for our public servants is at an all time low, honest disclosure is essential. Personally, I will never cast my trust in the form of a vote for any candidate that is not playing by the rules, and I urge my fellow Canton citizens to consider the same.

5 comments:

Jim Wilson said...

The candidates that submitted their forms are the ones we are backing. If you follow cantonmuckraker on twitter it will be great for the person doing the tweeting.

Hans said...

So who is funding the "bad guys" campaigns? I totally agree with bill - skipping the deadline means they don't want people to know who they are being bankrolled by! Do you guys have limits on how much individuals and corporations can give?

tonya said...

If I knew how to follow cantonmuckraker on twitter I would

Hans said...

I'm with Tonya. Blogs scare me, but I have a twitter phobia!

Jim Wilson said...

I'll send you an email on how to follow twitter.

It appears they are all self funding.

No limits that I know of, but it only takes about 5k to run a city council race.