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October 23, 2006
A Matter of Trust
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| Scott Gruendl's campaign, or a supportive
PAC, paid for him to be listed as a recommended republican candidate in
the California Voter Guide mailer. Folks following the recommendations in this flyer will be pulling the lever (or touching the screen) for hardcore GOP icons like Aanestad, Keene, and Gruendl. These slate mailers are "for pay", and not at all based on party affiliation. They are designed to be deceptive to the uninformed. That being said, having yourself listed in a mailer like this is pretty silly, and somewhat unbecoming a candidate whose slogan is "a man you can trust". But this is the reality of politics in Chico. It's too bad people can't just be who they are. I wonder if we'll see any more of this in the next 3 weeks. Note: As pointed out in the comments section Rees, Kaiser, and Lerner-Thompson were probably included in this mailer in a deceptive manner along with Gruendl. I don't believe they self-identify as republican or even independant. |
Posted by Lon at October 23, 2006 07:26 PM
Comments
This is exactly why I never put my name on these things. Notice that I'm absent from the printed list above.
Posted by: Anthony Watts at October 23, 2006 10:20 PM
Hey Anthony,
I did notice. Maybe you're on the "Attention Democrats" mailer. Just kidding.
Lon
Posted by: Lon at October 23, 2006 10:44 PM
Rick Rees is also a far left democrat. Hey,what's this? Kaiser and Thompson are also registered as democratic! 4 of the 7 canidates on this "Republican slate" are dishonest democrats looking to attach themselves to Republican coat tails.
Posted by: pypr at October 24, 2006 10:57 AM
Heck I remember Dan Nguen Tan ran as a "moderate" for city council. What's the difference?
Posted by: Ron Acevedo at October 25, 2006 12:12 PM