ER editorial: “While the City Council candidates ran a fairly clean campaign, an anonymous mailer sent to an unknown number of voters was deplorable. ( It was mailed out the day before the election and there was no time for the victim to respond.)
The mailer had a return address from a fictitious group. It was a hit piece aimed at Larry Wahl. The negative tone and accusations in the mailer aren’t worth repeating here.
In the fine print was the disclaimer, “Not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee.” It came from a post office box in Chico. Blogger Lon Glazner noted the P.O. box traces to Bob Mulholland, a renowned dirty campaigner for the Democratic Party. That box, Glazner said, also has been used by the Chico Democratic Club. Liberals on the council who benefited from the mailer should be embarrassed and should repudiate the actions of whoever sent the mailer. Local Democrats who care about ethical campaigning should, too.
Let’s hope voters were smart enough to see through the grease.”