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TRIB WATCH SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
Our Letter to the Editor -- Unedited
My thanks to the Trib for printing my and Tom
Ceraso's recent
letter to the editor. It is the least this newspaper can do
to show some semblance of balance. However, the paper continues
to do disservice to voters through its selective editing.
So, here for the benefit of all, the unedited
version of the letter that we sent to the Tribune Review:
Voters deserve better from the Tribune-Review
than "Whispers" items when it comes to this year's election for
County Commissioner. They deserve details of the candidates'
positions and records, and they most certainly deserve balanced
coverage.
Sunday's "Whispers" unfairly characterized our
campaign efforts as "name-calling". In sharing information with
the Trib about our challengers, we questioned their knowledge of
county government and their qualifications. We were responding
to the claims of one challenger who held a press conference in
which he was flat wrong about the state of the county's
finances. Given his only previous
business experience was CFO of a company that is now bankrupt;
his views on all matters financial should be viewed with
skepticism.
The other challenger missed the opportunity to
do the right thing and correct him, and actually supported his
misstatements. Her lack of knowledge
about the county, however, is not surprising given that she
views the serious business of commissioners as only a part-time
job.
Our challengers issue releases full of false
information and get full coverage from the Trib. We point out
the truth, justifiably point out their records, and are
relegated to the back pages. Voters deserve balanced coverage.
Sincerely,
Tom Balya and Tom Ceraso
Westmoreland County Commissioners
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