[Watchdogs] Election discussions, etc

[Karen Williams]

Then I guess you missed previous emails from Milton Hawkins distributing
Clements press release and Landaker's email about his candidacy. These
emails are electioneering. To have allowed them to do this, then send out an
email denying others the opportunity is hypocrisy. If you're unsure of what
that word means you can look it up in the dictionary. Otherwise, Bill
answered my questions and I can let it stand at that. Whether or not you can
is entirely up to you.

On 4/10/09 3:12 PM, "Merle L. Moden" <mlmoden at texas-skies.com> wrote:

> Ms. Phillips:
> 
> I have read, reread, and re-reread Mr. Christensen's suggested ground
> rules for electioneering.  These rules appear to me to be fair and
> even-handed.  Please point out to me the "blatant hypocrisy" that you
> find in the suggested rules.  Perhaps, I missed it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mr. Merle L. Moden
> 
> 
> Sue Phillips wrote:
>> You've allowed Milton Hawkins to distribute Cristi Clements' press
>> release announcing her candidacy on this email list, and let Larry
>> Landaker distribute similar information about his candidacy. Now that
>> the candidates your group will most likely endorse have utilized the
>> email list you are shutting it off to all other candidates. That seems
>> like blatant hypocrisy to me, especially for a group that calls itself
>> a "watchdog." Are you okay with that? And if not, what will you do to
>> rectify this to the other candidates and prevent such abuses in the
>> future?
>> 
>> 
>>> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:24:01 -0500
>>> To: watchdogs at pec4u.org
>>> From: billc at greenbuilder.com
>>> Subject: [Watchdogs] Election discussions, etc
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> In an effort to keep focus of this Watchdogs discussion list clear of
>>> "electioneeriing" I'd like to ask as we did last year that candidates
>>> for the Board (and their advocates/detractors) direct the majority of
>>> their campaigning to the web forum which has been set up for that
>>> purpose at <http://pec4u.org/candforum09/>.
>>> 
>>> Candidates are certainly welcome to take part in discussions here. A
>>> single post mentioning their candidacy is also fine, and you can
>>> certainly mention that you're running if you're speaking here on some
>>> other topic. But let's keep the vote counts and championing
>>> of/attacks on individual candidates in the Forum, and keep the focus
>>> here on the issues at hand.
>>> 
>>> We should know in a week or so who has filed to run and on the 20th
>>> we'll get the official word from PEC as to who is on the ballot. If
>>> you know someone is running, you're welcome to post about them in the
>>> Candidates Forum.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> --
>>> Bill Christensen
>>> billc at greenbuilder.com
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