Saturday, May 16, 2009

A question of character

Would you vote for someone who:
  1. Was fired by a local newspaper he worked for as a columnist for plagiarism
  2. Ran for mayor, using the business newspaper that he owns and edits to promote his own candidacy.
  3. Had to move into the town he was running for office in, because he didn't live there.
  4. After winning the election, continued to edit his newspaper, despite accusations that it was a conflict of interest.
  5. As mayor, lied about commercial development to make it look like he was attracting more developers than he really was.
  6. As mayor, used sockpuppets on the local newspaper blog (the same paper he was fired by) to praise his performance as mayor and to attack his detractors.
  7. After being in office for a few months, demanding a pay raise, using a scheme that was found to have violated the law.
Would you vote for someone like that? If you live in Port Orchard, Washington you'll have a chance. He's the mayor.

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